Military History

Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman developed many of the ideas on which contemporary warfare is based and incorporated them into...

An investigation revealed that Harold Schultz stood among the Marines seen straining toward the sky in the famous photo.

On July 11, 1969, Spc. 4 Gordon Roberts' platoon was pinned down by heavy fire from a hill while trying to maneuver along a...

About 6,800 Americans died and 26,000 were wounded or missing at Iwo Jima, which was one of the most brutal battles in...

POW James B. Stockdale's actions convinced captors to scale back torture.

Benedict Arnold, the name that now means "traitor" to Americans, once stood for courage and military genius.

An Army brat, future astronaut Michael Collins graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1952 with an Air Force commission.

Quarters on the ships were tight, but the men were well-fed and many of them spent time catching up on sleep.

This Marine received two Medals of Honor for his actions – and he also happened to have two names.

Born of the Army, the “Currahee Brothers” forged lifelong bonds in bloody combat during the Vietnam War and continued...