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War is generally about two sides engaging with thousands of troops, but occasionally that power is directed against one guy instead of an entire army. Here are the eight most noteworthy times that the American military went after an individual:

It belongs in a museum.

Though Thomas Edison is known for giving the world a number of fantastic inventions, you'll always see an asterisk next to patents for which he's credited. Sure, the history books give him praise for inventing the phonograph and the incandescent l…

It was hard to eat and even harder to digest.

Taking something that belongs to someone else is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, stealing. If an item that was personally owned goes missing and ends up in the possession of another person, they stole it. This applies to cars, televisions, and nearly e…

When bombers take on fighters without help, five letters tend to describe their end status: T, O, A, S, T. That's what people tend to think. But that doesn't always happen. Maybe it's luck, maybe it's skill… but there are times when bomber cre…

To say that Gurkhas are simply soldiers from Nepal would be a massive, massive understatement. If there's a single reason no one goes to war with Nepal, it is because of the Gurkhas' reputation. They are elite, fearless warriors who serve in not o…

Throughout the bloody and horrific history of human warfare, there are tons of stories of heroism in the face of great …

There's nothing that projects American force like an amphibious assault ship or carrier on the horizon, since they're floating fortresses of the sea. For sailors, serving on these vessels is like hitting the jackpot in terms of living space. But …

Marines carry a lot of gear while on a combat deployment: body armor, weapons, and communication equipment — just to name a few. With all that weight tallying up quickly and a lack of storage space to contain it all, Marines have to be …

The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment is unique in the annals of airborne history. It was one of only two parachute regiments to fight in the Pacific during World War II and the only one still active today.