History (Page 10)

Military history: Battles, campaigns, turning points, and the stories of those who served across every era.

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Afghanistan War

Medal of Honor Month: Lt. Michael P. Murphy

By Jessica Evans

Afghanistan War

Medal of Honor Month: Sgt. Clinton LaVor Romesha

By Jessica Evans

Afghanistan War

Medal of Honor Month: Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller

By Jessica Evans

Medal of Honor Month: SSgt David Bellavia

By Jessica Evans

Why an American infantry unit built a monument for a fallen German soldier

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

Medal of Honor Month: Honoring Spc. Kyle J. White

By Jessica Evans

Medal of Honor Month: Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe

By Jessica Evans

Medal of Honor Month: Army Sgt Travis Atkins

By Jessica Evans

Medal of Honor Month: Remembering triple amputee SFC Webster Anderson

By Jessica Evans

Medal of Honor Month: Specialist Ross McGinnis

By Jessica Evans

Afghanistan War

Medal of Honor Month: Sgt. Leroy Petry

By Jessica Evans

Medal of Honor Month: PFC Lewis Albanese

By Jessica Evans

The 72-year-old Civil War veteran who lied about his age to fight World War I

By Blake Stilwell

Medal of Honor Month: Harold ‘Hal’ Fritz

By Miguel Ortiz

Medal of Honor Month: SFC Bennie Gene Adkins

By Jessica Evans

Afghanistan War

Medal of Honor Month: Captain Florent Groberg

By Jessica Evans

The Korean shamans who worshipped General Douglas MacArthur like a god

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

Medal of Honor Month: Salvatore Augustine Giunta

By Jessica Evans

Afghanistan War

Medal of Honor Month: Corporal Dakota Meyer

By Jessica Evans

Afghanistan War

Medal of Honor Month: Earl Plumlee

By Jessica Evans

Observe ‘Medal of Honor March’ with We Are The Mighty

By Tessa Robinson

A gift from his dad saved this Marine’s life in Fallujah

By Miguel Ortiz

The way Dwight D. Eisenhower coped with stress could kill lesser men

By Blake Stilwell

American civilians donated personal weapons to the British during World War II

By Blake Stilwell

This 80th anniversary Battle of Iwo Jima watch has actual sand from the island

By Miguel Ortiz

The Army 3D-printed barracks at Fort Bliss

By Miguel Ortiz

Fort Liberty is back to Fort Bragg, but with a different origin story

By Miguel Ortiz

Why the Civil War battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack was so epic

By Blake Stilwell

5 reasons why John Bell Hood was the worst Civil War general

By Blake Stilwell

You have to see this Flintlock Machine Gun from the 1700s

By Blake Stilwell

The presidents and vice president who were military privates

By Miguel Ortiz

The evolution of infantry foods

By Bethaney Phillips

Why the ATF investigates fires

By Miguel Ortiz

World War II veteran responsible for Mattel, Barbie, Hot Wheels, He-Man, Polly Pocket and more

What it takes to be a presidential pallbearer

39th President and Navy veteran Jimmy Carter dies at 100

By Miguel Ortiz

Warren Upton, oldest Pearl Harbor survivor, dies at 105

By Miguel Ortiz

The proposal to turn the A-10 Warthog into a firefighter

By Miguel Ortiz

Dick Van Dyke, World War II Army Air Corps veteran and Hollywood icon, turns 99!

Tom Cruise receives Navy’s highest civilian honor

By Miguel Ortiz

The ‘unluckiest’ U-boat of World War II couldn’t even sink itself

Jonathan Winters, top-level comedian and voice actor, served as a US Marine in WWII

Today in military history: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor

WWII airman’s remains positively identified 80 years after final mission

By Tessa Robinson

JFK’s M1 Garand sold for nearly $150,000

By Miguel Ortiz

New WWII exhibit opens in Miami Beach

By Tessa Robinson

Billionaire Donald J. Hall, former Chairman of Hallmark Cards and US Army veteran, dies at 96

99-year-old WWII veteran honored at Grand Ole Opry’s 99th birthday celebration

Nike was co-founded by these two Army veterans

Nominate a local hero for a citizen honor award

By Tessa Robinson

Navajo Code Talker John Kinsel Sr. passes away at 107

By Miguel Ortiz

50 years ago, he saved a team in Vietnam. Now, he’s trying to find them.

Happy 100th birthday, Jimmy Carter! President, humanitarian and US Navy veteran

The Air Force said goodbye to its last KC-10 Extender aerial tanker

By Miguel Ortiz

Honoring the warfighter’s perspective in art

By Mitchel Coffman

This firetruck was the first to respond to the Pentagon on 9/11

By Miguel Ortiz

Lucille Ball exposed a World War II Japanese spy plot with her dental fillings

WWII Veteran Frank Herbert broke new ground in science fiction with the ‘Dune’ books

The last US Olympian to win gold in pistol was a Marine

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: Soviet Union captures Romania

Operation Gunnerside: The most successful sabotage of WWII

By Bethaney Phillips

Today in military history: US pilots get green light to destroy anti-aircraft targets

How machine guns on World War I biplanes never hit the propeller

By Blake Stilwell

Today in military history: Armistice ends the Spanish-American War