How One Officer's Enlisted Men Ensured He Received the Medal of Honor Matt Urban is one of the most decorated soldiers ever, but no one knew for more than 30 years.
A WWII Private Was Stripped of His Distinguished Service Cross for Being a Dog The Distinguished Service Cross is the United States Army's second-highest military honor.
Germany’s ‘Escape-Proof’ Castle POW Camp Actually Had the Worst Record for Escapes Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering thought no one could escape from Colditz Castle. He was wrong.
The First Hispanic Navy Cross Recipient Was a Corpsman at Peleliu He swears he didn't do it alone, but corpsman Eleuterio “Joe” Marquez kept his Marines alive through the night at Peleliu.
The Story Behind the True Events that Inspired 'Kelly's Heroes' "Kelly's Heroes" is a 1970 film about a group of ne'er-do-wells who try to get a cache of stolen Nazi gold for themselves.
How a Live Coyote Became an Army Air Forces Mascot In World War II England Bill Crump found a coyote pup while in flight school and then he took it to war during World War II.
How Tabasco Sauce Fought in Every American Conflict Since World War II The U.S. military's history with tabasco sauces dates back to the Civil War.
Wounded in WWII, Bob Dole Fought for Those with Disabilities Bob Dole, who went on to a lengthy career as a U.S. senator after he was wounded during World War II, died on Dec. 5, 2021...
During WWII, Family Dogs Went to Serve in the War During World War II, dogs were accepted into military ranks through a coalition known as Dogs for Defense Inc.
A Black Soldier Received the Medal of Honor More Than 50 Years After Calling Artillery on His Own Position John Fox's widow received his Medal of Honor in 1997, more than a half-century after he died while fighting the Germans in a...
This World War II POW Endured More Than 50 Years in Captivity When Anna Gabulya saw a television report of a POW’s return to Hungary a half-century after he served during World War II...
Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Bribery Plot Retired Adm. Robert P. Burke, once the second-highest uniformed officer in the Navy, was commanding its forces in Europe and...
Pentagon Says Troops Can Only Be Exempt from Shaving Their Facial Hair for a Year Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a...
Black Vietnam Veteran’s Story Reveals War’s Harsh Realities 50 Years Later It was May 1970, deep in the jungles of Vietnam, and 19-year-old infantryman John Smith stepped to the edge of a hill to...
Trump Says US Forces Sank Third Suspected Drug Boat off Venezuela President Donald Trump did not say how many people were killed in the third strike.