Meet the ‘Laughing Paratrooper’ of World War II Most people would be concerned for their own safety with a gun pointed at them. Leonard Funk laughed it off.
Why Winston Churchill Once Visited Fort Jackson To prove that the U.S. Army would be ready, General Marshall took Churchill to the only place that made sense: Fort Jackson.
A World Series Hero Misstated WWII Record. Was It Stolen Valor? Gene Bearden, who helped the Cleveland Indians win the 1948 World Series, claimed he was injured as the USS Helena sank...
World War II Vet Still Breaking the Mold at 102 Army 1st Lt. Vivian "Millie" Bailey commanded a segregated all-female unit during World War II and has been helping service...
WWII Combat Veteran's Daughter Reflects on His Survivor's Guilt Over Best Friend's Sacrifice My dad was a World War II vet. Like many others, he was traumatized by combat, and by a nine-month imprisonment in a German...
'Rise of the Nazis' Chronicles How Stalin Screwed Up When He Trusted Hitler The show allows prominent historians to tell the story, while intercutting their descriptions with better-than-usual silent...
The Time World War II Veterans Overthrew a Corrupt Local Government in Tennessee The state and local political machine was abusing its power and the people in McMinn County, Tennessee, so GIs did something...
How You Can Ask a Korea Veteran and Holocaust Survivor About His Experiences Aaron Elster sat down to tell his story of escaping the Holocaust and his Army service in Korea. Forever.
This Is the Marine Corps Flamethrower Tank That Won at Iwo Jima For Marines fighting the Japanese on Iwo Jima, there was no better friend than the M4A3 Sherman Tank.
Remembering Iwo Jima: A 1956 Perspective For 72 consecutive days, sea and air elements of one of the mightiest U.S. naval task forces in history bombarded Iwo Jima.
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.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
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...