Military History

John Philip Sousa, the March King, marched into history as composer and conductor of "The President's Own."

A letter to Pvt. James D. Duke's wife informs her of her husband's death during the battle for the German town of Aachen...

In 1950, an animated turtle named Bert taught American children to "duck and cover" in case of an atomic attack.

An explosion resulted in the sinking of the USS Maine in the harbor in Havana on Feb. 15, 1898. A total of 266 crew members...

The late senator John Chafee is remembered for his leadership in government -- and in the field in Korea.

All it takes is some American ingenuity, Army grit and a little olive drab paint.

On March 24, 1985, Maj. Arthur D. Nicholson Jr. -- a member of the U.S. Military Liaison Mission to Potsdam, Germany, was...

It is one of those exceptional visual artifacts that draws attention and even controversy years after it was made.

Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault wrote this letter to the mother of one of his Flying Tiger pilots, J.E. Blackburn, who died in...

In 1960, the Soviet Union shot down a lone American flying at 80,000 feet above its cities. The secret mission was to gather...