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Logan was an Army journalist and paratrooper in the 82nd. Now, he’s a freelance writer covering military history, culture, and technology. He has two upcoming podcasts and a Twitch channel focused on basic military literacy.
More from Logan
How the Halifax Explosion destroyed a city and became a folk song
Oct 3, 2023 11:11 AM PDT
Photos from the Battle of the Bulge
Oct 4, 2022 5:52 AM PDT
What is the Delta Force long walk?
Oct 3, 2022 5:41 AM PDT
17 photos that show how high schoolers are turned into badass Marine infantrymen
Oct 2, 2022 5:25 AM PDT
When the Coast Guard saved New York from a huge blast
Oct 1, 2022 4:51 AM PDT
5 differences between Army and Marine Corps infantry
Oct 2, 2022 5:23 AM PDT
The BV-141 looks like a kid had too many models, not enough patience
Sep 27, 2023 11:35 AM PDT
That time an RAF pilot stole a plane in grand protest
Oct 1, 2022 4:50 AM PDT
This aerial dogfight was like a life-sized version of a bee swarm
Sep 26, 2022 5:29 AM PDT
The Browning Automatic Rifle cut down enemies from WWI to Vietnam
Sep 25, 2022 6:43 AM PDT
A panoramic look at how US troops prepared for World War I
Sep 25, 2022 6:41 AM PDT
How a Truman staffer described the decision to drop the bombs
Sep 23, 2022 10:55 AM PDT
7 reasons ‘Enlisted Service Member’ is actually the worst job
Sep 23, 2022 4:20 AM PDT
Reminder that the Nazis made a top general kill himself
Sep 22, 2022 5:26 AM PDT
4 US weapons that have been declared illegal by its enemies
Sep 22, 2022 5:28 AM PDT
A tiny Marine Corps’ big successes in the Revolution
Sep 21, 2023 2:59 PM PDT
The EU and NATO now provide twice as much aid to Ukraine as US
Sep 21, 2023 8:39 AM PDT
The top-selling movie of all time is still this Civil War classic
Sep 21, 2023 8:35 AM PDT
This German-American industrialist basically built the WWII Navy
Sep 20, 2022 7:35 AM PDT
Truman and Stalin tried to shock each other with info their spies already had
Sep 20, 2022 9:54 AM PDT
NATO knows how to avoid WW3
Sep 20, 2023 6:49 AM PDT
Russia’s ‘Holy Land’ is looking more and more vulnerable
Sep 20, 2023 6:45 AM PDT
An Invictus champion begged for Ukrainian Leopard tanks
Sep 20, 2023 6:43 AM PDT
Risking a $3 million jet to ‘blow up a lot of dirt’
Sep 20, 2023 6:39 AM PDT
The women who softened the V-1 terror attacks
Sep 20, 2023 6:36 AM PDT
The insane plan to turn C-130s into ‘glass cannons’
Sep 18, 2023 10:24 AM PDT
How Allied air forces made it nearly impossible for Germany to reinforce D-Day
Sep 15, 2023 4:45 AM PDT
The macabre way early sailors refreshed their wardrobes
Sep 14, 2023 10:45 AM PDT
This unstoppable artillery bombardment doomed Nazi Berlin
Sep 9, 2022 4:55 AM PDT
Report: Russia is training high schoolers for war
Sep 8, 2023 12:28 PM PDT
This chain letter will protect your doughboy…somehow
Sep 7, 2023 11:17 AM PDT
Top military units and assets that define ‘the tip of the spear’
Sep 7, 2022 5:22 AM PDT
This ‘flying brick’ could fly fast enough to melt its paint
Sep 6, 2023 10:00 AM PDT
The Navy accident that got it banned from railroads
Sep 6, 2023 9:58 AM PDT
The ‘shadow scheme’ Britain used to disperse WWII production
Sep 6, 2023 9:56 AM PDT
This is what makes SWCC crews so lethal
Sep 4, 2022 6:49 AM PDT
The inside joke names soldiers have for different unit patches
Sep 4, 2022 6:48 AM PDT
That time a Marine had a live RPG stuck in his leg
Sep 3, 2022 6:03 AM PDT
The Swedish fighter that’s perfect for Ukraine
Sep 1, 2023 1:26 PM PDT
Ukraine liberating Robotyne could sever Russian land bridge
Sep 1, 2023 1:25 PM PDT
The rules of engagement problem that doomed pilots over Vietnam
Aug 31, 2023 11:05 AM PDT
‘The last great tank battle’ was a slugfest of epic proportions
Sep 3, 2022 6:01 AM PDT
Pound for pound, these were the deadliest boats of World War II
Sep 3, 2022 5:53 AM PDT
When the Unknown Soldier laid in state at the Capitol
Aug 28, 2023 12:15 PM PDT
What a Hiroshima resident saw the day the bomb dropped
Aug 28, 2022 5:31 AM PDT
This top-secret jet bomber spied on Americans in Normandy
Aug 26, 2022 11:32 AM PDT
That time American and Russian tanks faced off in a divided Berlin
Aug 26, 2022 11:29 AM PDT
This soldier lied about his age and did 4 combat jumps in WWII
Aug 23, 2023 10:51 AM PDT
Why troops love the overpowered MICLIC
Aug 23, 2022 5:25 AM PDT
The ‘new’ Ukrainian mine detection
Aug 21, 2023 12:18 PM PDT
These were the all-Black units of the British Marines in America
Aug 16, 2023 2:03 PM PDT
This active duty general nearly beat Lincoln during Civil War election
Aug 15, 2023 11:21 AM PDT