This Army Pilot Proved Airplanes Could Sink Battleships and Predicted Pearl Harbor — He Was Fired For It In 1921, Army Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell proved airplanes could sink battleships. Three years later, he predicted Japan would...
From Pearl Harbor to Japan: How 25th Infantry Division Earned its 'Tropic Lightning' Name in WWII This newly organized unit soon became one of the war's most aggressive fighting forces. It was one of only two Army divisions...
Mississippi Delta Farmer's Wife Fell in Love With German POW and Helped Him Escape, Leading FBI on Chase A German Luftwaffe pilot and a Mississippi Delta farmer’s wife made a run for it in January 1946, eight months after World...
Colorado Veterans Memorial Vandalized for 10th Time in 2 Years One day after Veterans Day, a memorial at a park in Colorado is vandalized for the 10th time in two years, frustrating local...
The WWII Mystery Behind the 1942 Battle of Los Angeles: Axis Planes, Aliens or Mass Hysteria? Not even three months after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Americans on the west coast thought they were under attack...
General Dwight D. Eisenhower Never Saw Combat — But Led America to Victory in World War II Dwight David Eisenhower was born on Oct. 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas 135-years ago. His family later relocated to Kansas. His...
Belichick, UNC Honors Veterans with Memorial Wall Like so many other young Americans, Steve Belichick answered the call to duty after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, joining...
The Only Army Unit to Fight in Five of the Marine Corps’ Bloodiest WWII Battles — Including Iwo Jima From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, the Marine Corps earned its reputation for tackling some of the bloodiest battles of World War...
The Fighter Pilot Podcast: A Veterans Day Tribute This Veterans Day, we’re taking a walk down memory lane, revisiting some of our most memorable episodes from among the nearly...
WWII Nurses Who Dodged Bullets and Saved Lives Deserve Congressional Honor, Lawmakers Say A coalition of retired military nurses and others is pushing to award the Congressional Gold Medal to World War II nurses.
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...
VA Study: Ozempic, Other GLP-1 Drugs May Fight Addiction Across Every Major Substance For the more than 48 million Americans with substance use disorders, including a disproportionate share of veterans, GLP-1...
US Navy Sends Submarines Under Arctic Ice for 100th Time in Milestone Exercise The U.S. Navy has reached a Cold War-era milestone in the Arctic, deploying two Virginia-class submarines beneath the polar...
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...
