Military History

When the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, Harry Truman reenlisted with the National Guard, where he was elected...

Few had expected the tired, tattered band of William Clark, Meriwether Lewis and their subordinates to return from their...

Over three decades encountering plebes and upperclassmen at West Point, Sgt. Martin Maher earned a place in the hearts of...

Dr. Eleanor Ardel Vietti was a visiting missionary in Vietnam when she and two men were abducted from a leper colony in 1962.

Tom Fowler arrived in Hoa Air Base (near Saigon) around noon on April 12, 1969, and arrived back in the U.S. on March 31...

I was a bombardier on the B-26 Nick's Chick in the 344th bomb group, 495th squadron. The following are the recollections that...

A Navy veteran is sharing never-before-published photographs of the historic attack on the USS Liberty by Israel in 1967.

Major Lance Cpl. Jedh Colby Barker was a machine gunner with Company F, 2nd Battalion — "The Magnificent Bastards" of the 4th...

Off screen, dashing film star Douglas Fairbanks Jr. contributed talent for naval deception during World War II.

Then-Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal delivered a radio message to the USS Orange, announcing the death of President...