The Navy's First Vietnamese Admiral Saw His Family Killed by an Infamous Viet Cong Guerrilla U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Huan Nguyen's road to becoming a distinguished Navy officer was a long and tragic one, and begins with...
How the US Military Ended Japanese Air Dominance by Destroying the Legend of the Zero At the start of World War II, Japan's Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter was the most vaunted and feared weapon in the enemy arsenal...
6 Stories That Will Change How You Think About Pearl Harbor Bravery. Heroism. A day which will live in infamy. But do you know some of Pearl Harbor's most unknown stories? Read more.
John F. Kennedy Became a WWII Hero After Swimming 10 Sailors to Safety When John F. Kennedy was asked about what he did to become a hero in the Pacific War in 1943, he responded by saying, "It was...
Last of the Doolittle Raiders, Dick Cole, Dies at 103 Retired Lt. Col. Richard "Dick" Cole, the last veteran of the "Doolittle Raid" on Tokyo during World War II, died Tuesday.
An American GI Describes 'Hellish' D-Day Invasion Joseph A. Dragotto provides a compelling foxhole-level account of a seasoned American G.I. on the business end of a rifle...
This Letter Provides an Account of Custer's Last Stand at Little Bighorn Gen. George Custer's last stand occurred at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876.
Gen. Sherman's Unlikely Path to Founding a Military School for Officers Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman developed many of the ideas on which contemporary warfare is based and incorporated them into...
My Journey to Discover the Lost Flag-Raiser of Iwo Jima An investigation revealed that Harold Schultz stood among the Marines seen straining toward the sky in the famous photo.
This Medal of Honor Recipient's One-Man Assault Exemplified Unit's Motto On July 11, 1969, Spc. 4 Gordon Roberts' platoon was pinned down by heavy fire from a hill while trying to maneuver along a...
Harvard to Offer Full Rides to 50 Veterans and Civil Servants for Master's Degrees in Public Policy The $100,000 fellowships are being offered at a time when the school has come under attack from President Donald Trump, who...
Fort Hood Senior Noncommissioned Officer Arrested a Second Time on Child Sex Assault Charges Sgt. Maj. Victor Manuel Rivera was arrested on June 18 and released on a $90,000 bond on June 30. He is facing a first-degree...
Trump Taps Air Force and Space Force Generals as Next Service Vice Chiefs Nominations were put in front of the Senate for Space Force Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton and Air Force Gen. Thomas Bussiere to...
The New VA Budget Pushes to Privatize Care, Risking the Veterans Health System "We are watching the slow dismantling of the VA from the inside out, buried in a budget document. If left unchecked, this...
21-Year-Old Soldier Hacked Databases, Threatened to Leak Stolen Data, Feds Say John Wagenius was stationed at Fort Cavazo and at a U.S. Army base in South Korea throughout the scheme between April 2023...