Okinawa Marks 80 Years Since End of One of Harshest WWII Battles with Pledge to Share Tragic History The Battle of Okinawa killed a quarter of the island's population, leading to a 27-year U.S. occupation and a heavy American...
D-Day Veterans Return to Normandy to Mark 81st Anniversary of Landings Along the coastline and near the D-Day landing beaches, tens of thousands of onlookers attended the commemorations, which...
Remember and Protect Their Fragile Gift of Freedom. Thank You to The Greatest Generation As part of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing in 2024, my wife and I joined colleagues from the American Battle...
Coasties Braved Withering German Fire to Put Troops Ashore on D-Day The role played by Coast Guard personnel who crewed the Higgins boats was critical to the success of the D-Day landings in...
President Chester A. Arthur's Grandson Was a Vet Who Led the 1960s Countercultural Revolution President Chester A. Arthur did not have the good fortune to be memorable. His grandson, Chester Alan "Gavin" Arthur III, is...
What 'D-Day' Actually Stands For What the "D" in D-Day actually stands for has been a source of debate almost from the time that the Allies first landed on...
This Gem of a Movie About an Airman’s Brush with Death Holds Up 80 Years Later “A Matter of Life and Death” is a romantic fantasy that centers around a British airman’s love for a U.S. Army Air Corps...
WWII Bomber Crash Left 11 Dead and 'Non-Recoverable.' 4 Are Finally Coming Home More than 200 people honored Staff Sgt. Eugene Darrigan, some waving flags from the sidewalk during the procession to the...
The Fashion Designer Who Became a Lethal Spy Chief During World War II By the time Hardy Amies linked up with the SOE, he was already a well-known staple of Britain’s fashion industry.
How Normandy Remembers the Only US Military Chaplain Killed in Action on D-Day Catholic chaplain Capt. Ignatius Maternowski was immortalized in 2021 with a stained-glass window depicting his image, his...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
Troops Will Miss Paychecks Next Week Without Action on the Government Shutdown The federal government shutdown is raising anxiety levels among service members and their families, because those in uniform...
