The Last WWII Veteran on Active Duty Served for Nearly 55 Years After the War Dr. Earl Russell Fox joined the Navy during World War II, stayed in the Naval Reserve after the war and then joined the Coast...
Not Just for US Veterans: 7 Medical Breakthroughs the VA Gave to the World With the VA facing job cuts, it's important to remind not only veterans, but also lawmakers, health officials and the...
How a World War II Tail Gunner Survived a Midair Collision Without a Parachute Sgt. James Raley's account came almost three months to the day after he improbably survived that fall from the skies over...
5 Powerful Artifacts in the New National Medal of Honor Museum The new National Medal of Honor Museum is set to officially open to the public on March 25, 2025, in Arlington, Texas.
'The Unkillable Soldier' Who Kept Fighting Despite Losing an Eye and Hand in World War I Carton de Wiart died in 1963 at the age of 83, but his exploits have inspired generations of service members in the United...
'Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death' Turns 250. Here's What It Meant in 1775 The printed version of Henry’s galvanizing speech in a crowded church was about 1,200 words. And yet those seven words have...
A New Museum in Texas Tells the Life Stories of Medal of Honor Recipients A new museum devoted to telling the stories of those who have received the nation's highest military honor is opening this...
A Chinese Woman Led the Largest and Most Successful Pirate Fleet in History While Caribbean pirates like Blackbeard could boast a handful of ships and hundreds of men. Ching Shih commanded an entire...
The Release of a 1961 Plan to Break Up the CIA Revives an Old Conspiracy Theory About Who Killed JFK Special Assistant Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s memo ends with a previously redacted page that spells out a proposal to give...
Pentagon Restores Histories of Navajo Code Talkers, Other Native Veterans After Public Outcry The Pentagon restored some webpages highlighting the crucial wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...