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In 1972, Ho Van Thanh was a soldier stationed near his hometown in North Vietnam. After American bombs hit his home and killed his mother and two sons, he grabbed his one-year-old son and ran off into the jungle. He stayed put there, found by neithe…
It's easy to look at different eras of veterans and write them off as coming a different time, a different place, a different war. The truth is, the old Vietnam vet you met at the Legion while trying to get cheap drinks isn't all that different fr…
General of the Armies Douglas MacArthur is one of the most famous military figures of the last century as he was decorated for bravery and excellence from World War I throug…
North Korea isn't turning a lot of people away from military service. Men are universally drafted for service around age 17. If you're in the political elite, chances are good your kids are safe. The same goes for the opposite end of the spectrum.…
We hear a lot about how Gettysburg was as far north as the Confederate Army could get, while that may be true for the Army of Northern Virginia, it wasn't true for the entire Confederate armed forces. The actual northernmost fighting took place in …
We Are The Mighty is here to demystify military slang.
Marine Corps boot camp is specially designed to mentally break down recruits before allowing them to earn the prestigious title of U.S. Marine. When Marine hopefuls step on those famous yellow footprints during the receiving process, th…
When America threw its weight behind the Allies in World War I, optimistic politicians and the writers of the day predicted that, soon, tens of thousands of top-tier planes would pour from American factories to the front lines, blackening the skies …
"My reaction was visceral. Where do I sign?"
The USS O'Bannon was named for the legendary Marine Corps hero Presley O'Bannon, who famously led a ragtag group of Marines and mercenaries in a daring overland expedition to surprise an enemy in North Africa. The World War II-era destroy…
The pistols are loaded. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
When Royal Air Force pilot Sydney Cohen crash landed on the Italian-controlled island of Lampedusa in 1943, he thought he would be in for the fight of his life. Lampedusa was the home of more than 4,000 Italian troops in garrison, and all Cohen had …
Pilots fly. That's what they do.
In 1917, the horrors of World War I were something entirely new to the world. "The War to End All Wars" inflicted horrible casualties and painful deaths in a way no one had ever seen before in the history of warfare. Mechanized vehicles, poison ga…
