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BYRuddy Cano

Sep 30, 2022

How boots changed the path of warfare forever

Trench foot, a condition caused by extended periods of wet and cold feet, was one of the most significant health…

BYRuddy Cano

Sep 30, 2022

BYJames Elphick

Aug 21, 2022

The 6 most terrifying weapons of World War I

The Great War saw the first widespread use of armed aircraft and tanks. Many other World War I weapons were truly terrifying.

BYJames Elphick

Aug 21, 2022

BYPeyton Roberts

May 6, 2022

In the trenches together: A Navy wife’s untimely death illuminates the strength of military spouse friendships

“Nobody expects this,” friend and veteran Navy spouse Julie Donnelly said. “You watch it play out in your mind, people…

BYPeyton Roberts

May 6, 2022

BYJames Elphick

Apr 13, 2023

After 100 years, World War I battlefields are poisoned and uninhabitable

No war in recent memory can compare to the meat grinder of World War I. Europe still bears the scars of the war, even almost a century later. The gruesome and terrifying type of warfare typical of the Great War had a lasting impact on those who witn…

BYJames Elphick

Apr 13, 2023

BYEric Milzarski

Mar 12, 2021

Why trench warfare wasn’t as dumb of an idea as it seems

There is undoubtedly no worse place for troops to live and fight in than the trenches of old. Soldiers would dig fighting positions into the ground and, with no way to continually clear out the rodents, water, sewage, and bodies, the fortifications …

BYEric Milzarski

Mar 12, 2021