Military History

Today, American Indians and Alaska Natives serve in the Armed Forces at five times the national average — with the women...

Long before becoming a peanut farmer or entering politics, Jimmy Carter joined the military.

"The Metal Detector" began airing on PBS and on PBS.org starting on Nov. 11, 2023.

James Clavell had some of the worst luck during his military service, but he would later use all of it to shape his future...

There are countless movies about or set in the Roman Empire, but it sometimes feels like Hollywood forgot about Hannibal...

In a ceremony at the Buffalo Soldier Museum in Houston, Army officials said that historians found many "irregularities" in...

Our first glimpse at Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's long-awaited, highly anticipated companion series to "Band of Brothers"...

Commissioned in 2001, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill was named for the famous prime minister who...

The Marine Corps actually has two birthdays: one in November and one in July.

J.D. Salinger was so devoted to his goal of becoming a published writer that not even the deadliest war in world history...