D-Day Story: Kenneth Trott I volunteered for the RAF in April 1941, age 18 and joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve in September 1941 as a Trainee Cadet...
D-Day Story: Sarifino R. Visco I joined the Marines in 1935.I joined the Army in 1942. I volunteered to join the first army to train for the greatest...
An Unlikely War Poet: A Doughboy from Maine World War I has been noted for the amount of incredibly evocative war poetry it produced, notably from such soldier-poets as...
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. Brilliant and controversial, George S. Patton is remembered for more than World War II triumphs.
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Nazi Nuremberg Trials Still Resonate in Conflict Law 70 Years Later The Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals set precedents for international law that have reverberated in later U.S...
Commandant on Iwo Jima Flag-Raising Debate: 'They All Did Their Duty' Gen. Robert Neller addressed the Corps' review of AP photographer Joe Rosenthal's famous image of the Iwo Jima flag raising.
8 Legendary US Military Snipers The most notable snipers in U.S. military history aren’t just legends – they include real soldiers, sailors and Marines who...
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...
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Military Veteran Says Having His Security Clearance Revoked Gave Added Incentive for Senate Run Joel Willett, a military veteran and former CIA officer, has launched his Democratic campaign for the U.S. Senate from...
Pentagon Plan Pits US Marines Against California Off-Roaders and Civilian Pilots The U.S. Marine Corps tried once to occupy this remote stretch of California desert beloved by off-roaders — but officials...
![U.S. troops wade ashore from a LCVP landing craft, off "Omaha" Beach, 6 June 1944. Note DUKWs and half-tracks at the water line, lines of men headed inland, and M1903 and M1 rifles carried by some of the troops leaving the landing craft. 6 June 1944](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/history/world-war-ii/2017/01/omaha-beach-landing-craft-1500x1000.jpg?itok=emmEKTw8 "U.S. troops wade ashore from a LCVP landing craft, off "Omaha" Beach, 6 June 1944. Note DUKWs and half-tracks at the water line, lines of men headed inland, and M1903 and M1 rifles carried by some of the troops leaving the landing craft. 6 June 1944")
![Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the day, "Full victory - nothing else," to paratroopers in England, just before they boarded their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion on June 6, 1944.](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/history/world-war-ii/2017/01/dwight-eisenhower-gives-orders-1800x1200.jpg?itok=vEPvUp5B "Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the day, "Full victory - nothing else," to paratroopers in England, just before they boarded their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion on June 6, 1944.")
