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When the Korean War started, some of the old "dry" politicians and activists were still around, fighting against the evils of...

The atomic age formally began at exactly 5:30 a.m. (Mountain time) on July 16, 1945. At that moment, the Manhattan Project...

The Amish are likely the only bearded men you’ll see whose mustache areas are clean shaven — and the U.S. military is the...

The history of bicycles in the service coincides with a shift in how Black soldiers would serve their country.

Officer candidate Sylvester Benjamin Butler writes to his mother about his experiences during World War I.

Capt. William Sherman Vanaman provides a first-person account to his family about the sinking of the USS Maine.

For Air Force Capt. Mary Klinker, two posthumous medals were awarded because she worked to save very young lives -- and, in...

Alene B. Duerk, who was director of the Navy Nurse Corps, was the first woman ever to be promoted to the rank of admiral.

Private First Class Michael J. Horton recalls his trip from Travis Air Force Base, California, to his deployment in Vietnam.

The military uses a lot of unique terminology, some of which bleeds into the civilian world.