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MIGHTY 25: 100-year-old Tuskegee Airman James Harvey has a legacy of service

By Jessica Manfre

Today in military history: Brits launch Operation Supercharge

Today in military history: US tests first hydrogen bomb

Today in military history: Marines repel attack near Da Nang

Fort Gordon officially redesignated Fort Eisenhower today

By Jessica Evans

Weird ways the Army tried to mobilize the M2A2 Howitzer

By Miguel Ortiz

The soil new infantrymen walk on is bloodied from every American war

By Eric Milzarski

A battle-wounded pigeon saved the Lost Battalion

By Jessica Evans

These are the aircraft used by the Army’s Night Stalkers

Here’s what to know about the Battle of Antietam

By Jessica Evans

How and why the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was created

By Miguel Ortiz

Comparing the Soviet SKS rifle to the American M1 carbine

By Harold C. Hutchison

Today in military history: Cuban Missile Crisis ends

Diggers and Doughboys: Military allies for the last 100 years

Today in military history: First black general in the USAF

How significant were the Coastwatchers during WWII?

Today in military history: Battle of Leyte Gulf ends

Everything you need to know to understand Hamas

By Blake Stilwell

F-8 Crusader: The last gunfighter of Vietnam

A beer-drinking Marine Corps duck earned a citation for fighting at Tarawa

Today in military history: Charge of the Light Brigade

Today in military history: First ‘Unknown Soldier’ selected for Tomb

The Army Air Forces had a dive bomber during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

These are the subtle differences between North and South Korea

By Bethaney Phillips

That time the USAF intercepted a pilotless Soviet fighter

Today in military history: Kennedy announces blockade of Cuba

This Green Beret is considered one of the most decorated soldiers of all time

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This Dragonfly stung the Communists in Vietnam

By Harold C. Hutchison

Today in military history: USS Constitution launched

The Soviets ripped off this strange Boeing transport plane

By Harold C. Hutchison

7 troops who would get executed when captured by their enemy

By Blake Stilwell

These three First Ladies died inside the White House

By Bethaney Phillips

Today in military history: MacArthur returns to the Philippines

This German tank with three turrets confused Allied spies during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

This Cuban pilot defected to the US then went back to rescue his family

By Miguel Ortiz

This New York art exhibit was made of captured German equipment from WWI

By Miguel Ortiz

Revolutionary War

Today in military history: American victory at Yorktown

Here’s what you should know about the Inchon Landing Operation

By Jessica Evans

The only all-Black special operations Army unit kicked serious butt in Korea

By Miguel Ortiz

The complete guide to Navy ranks and insignia

By Jessica Evans

This leader had a complete nervous breakdown during the Six-Day War

By Jim Fletcher

Israel might have used a magnetic superweapon in the raid on Entebbe

The Marine Corps used to drive the Mercedes-Benz G-Class

By Miguel Ortiz

Revolutionary War

Today in military history: American victory at Saratoga

Watch: Top 5 most intense air battles of WWII

How the Union broke Confederate secret codes in the Civil War

Everything to know about Marine uniforms

By Jessica Evans

Today in military history: John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry

This raid was one of the America’s first overseas military operations

By Stephen Carlson

Why is there a statue of Abraham Lincoln in England?

Today in military history: World’s first combat submarine sinks

This Air Force pilot scored the first and only air-to-space kill

By Miguel Ortiz

This airman earned the Medal of Honor providing close air support in a Cessna with his M16

By Miguel Ortiz

The Berlin Airlift turned Germany into a beacon of hope in one year

Today in military history: Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier

One of the closest brushes with nuclear war was Russia vs China

5 best retorts when asked inappropriate questions about your Purple Heart

By Uncle Walkie

3 surprising facts about Purple Heart recipients

The reason the military bombed this volcanic crater in Hawaii

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: Continental Congress authorizes first naval force

This was the last enemy ship sunk by the US Navy in combat

By Blake Stilwell

Brothers in paws: A list of military-utilized dog breeds

By Zackry Colston

The 8 rules for rookie combat pilots in World War I

What happened when two Civil War flag bearers fought each other

By Blake Stilwell