The Battle of Hamel: Australian Soldiers Taught American Doughboys to Fight Germans in WWI For the first time in American history, U.S. soldiers would fight under a foreign command. In 93 minutes, they would help win...
German Spies Detonated 2 Million Pounds of Explosives in New York Harbor in 1916: The Statue of Liberty's Torch Has Been Closed Ever Since Just after 2 a.m. on July 30, 1916, a freight car loaded with TNT exploded at a munitions depot on Black Tom Island in New...
A Rose for the Doughboys: Melissa Errico Brings World War I to New York World War I rarely gets center stage, but for one night in January, it takes over New York. In The Story of a Rose, Tony...
The 1914 Christmas Truce on Screen: Every Movie and TV Project That Recreates the WWI Ceasefire The 1914 Christmas Truce wasn’t universal, and it didn’t last, but it’s become one of war’s most retold on-screen moments...
The General the Military Tried to Silence: Billy Mitchell and America’s First Modern National Security Whistleblower Billy Mitchell, a World War I air power commander, warned battleships were obsolete and future wars would be decided in the...
Before ‘Saving Private Ryan,’ This Forgotten Silent War Epic Nailed The Veteran Homecoming Story A decade before Hollywood had a name for PTSD, a Marine veteran helped make The Big Parade (1925), a World War I epic that...
The Last American Killed in WWI Charged a German Machine Gun Seconds Before the Armistice Took Effect Gen. John Pershing would officially designate Gunther as the last American soldier killed in World War I. He was one of...
Rescued From a WWI Battlefield, This Dog Became Hollywood's Biggest Star and Saved Warner Bros. From Bankruptcy On Sept. 15, 1918, Corporal Lee Duncan walked through the bombed-out ruins of a German camp near Flirey, France. There, he...
King Charles III Leads Britain's Remembrance Sunday Ceremony for War Dead The 76-year-old king, dressed in the uniform of an army field marshal, laid a wreath of red paper poppies on a black...
The Real WWI Submarine Heist That Mirrors “The Hunt for Red October” On Oct. 3-4, 1914, Lt. Angelo Belloni seized control of submarine F-43 at the Muggiano shipyards near La Spezia, Italy. The...
Army Expands Combat Patch Eligibility as Modern Deployments Redefine Combat Service The Army expanded combat patch eligibility, recognizing soldiers in modern deployments where risk is high even without...
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check. Under federal law, a veteran cannot receive both separation pay and VA disability compensation for the same period of service...
25 Years: Nephew Remembers P.O.W. Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler Who Escaped Vietnam Dieter Dengler, who died about 25 years ago, was "bigger than life."
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
3 Big PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What Service Members Need to Know Before Peak Season. In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
