Military History

Historically, the Corps has been very proud of those who held its top post. Except for that one commandant.

In the late 1850s, the U.S. Army experimented with using camels as pack animals in the American Southwest.

The 101st Airborne Division has probably one of the most recognizable insignias in the U.S. military.

A new children's book, "We Also Served: True Stories of Brave Animals in the Military and Other Heroic Tales," recounts the...

Van Dyke has never been ashamed to admit that cowardice led to his entertainment career.

To celebrate the end of a conflict that killed more than 600,000 troops, let's remember just how the war finally ended.

The Confederate army under Joseph E. Johnston was the largest army to surrender to the Union during the Civil War.

Most of the Founding Fathers risked their lives fighting the British, worked tirelessly to unite the colonies or made...

As the U.S. geared up for war and ordered an auto manufacturing slowdown, GM had to reinvent itself.

Chuck Mawhinney's closest friends had no idea the Marine Corps veteran was a Vietnam War legend who holds the record for the...