WWII Soldier, 101, Looks Back on Surviving Battle of the Bulge Jim Sharp was one of the lucky ones. And at age 101, he’s still around to talk about it. While he feels a “little weak and...
Command Crisis on Saipan: The Only Time a Marine General Ever Fired an Army General Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Holland M. “Howlin' Mad” Smith—commanding the V Amphibious Corps—had just done something unprecedented...
World War II Soldier Returns Home After 83-Year Wait Sgt. John Pagliuso was killed in World War II in 1942. After 83 years, his remains were identified, and the soldier will...
The U.S. Marine Who Forced Nazi Officers to Toast FDR at Gunpoint — and Became the Most Decorated OSS Operative Most Marines had never seen combat when Peter Ortiz joined the Corps in June 1942. However, he had already survived five...
Dieppe: The Army Rangers’ First Fight Against the Germans in WWII Under Maj. William O. Darby, volunteers drawn heavily from the 34th Infantry Division trained in Scotland in demolitions...
The U.S. Destroyer Crew That Fought a German U-Boat in Hand-to-Hand Combat In an era of hypersonic missiles, stealth fighters, and nuclear subs, it’s hard to picture sailors going toe-to-toe with the...
Fort Hood Steps In After Shutdown Halts WWII Veteran’s Military Funeral Florencio Davila, a World War II veteran, died recently at age 99. His dying wish was to be buried with full military honors...
How a Former Waffen-SS Officer Became an American War Hero Buried at Arlington National Cemetery A white granite headstone in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery bears a name that sounds American: Larry Allan Thorne...
Must Watch Movies To Catch Up On During Deployment Sometimes, the right movie reminds you why you serve and who’s waiting when you get home. Long deployments come with...
Lost for 82 Years, World War II Soldier’s Dog Tag Returns to Family Lost for 82 years in the woods of England, a Georgia family is finally reunited with their father's World War II dog tag.
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...
