Medal of Honor Monday: Salvatore Giunta’s Korengal Valley Stand
Giunta’s story is what valor looks like when it is not polished for the cameras, because in the Korengal he moved into fire again and again for one reason only: to get his people home.
History
From Medal of Honor to Mandatory Safety Briefs: The True Story of Pvt. Joe Snuffy
A tired old NCO, explaining that Pvt. Joe Snuffy is both a real-deal WWII Medal of Honor badass and the eternal, cross-branch screwup whose chaos fuels every safety brief, empowers the E-4 Mafia, and keeps NCOs living on Motrin, Tums, and pure frustration.
Portable Morale: How Pin-Ups Went to War
Pin-up art did not start in WWII, but the war turned it into a morale weapon. From magazine centerfolds to bomber noses, these images reminded troops what “home” looked like, gave crews unit identity, and rode shotgun as lucky charms. The women in the pictures and the women painting them were part of the wartime machine.
Venezuela’s Crisis Is Not a Moral Puzzle
If the fall of Maduro means one less outpost for Moscow in our hemisphere, I will not pretend to be conflicted about it, because I have seen what his patrons do to men whose only crime was fighting back.
Remember Pearl Harbor: From Battleship Row to China’s New Challenge in the Pacific
The last time a rising power gambled on a surprise strike to shove America out of the Pacific, it torched an anchored fleet, killed 2,403 Americans, and rewired the world order overnight.
Jimi Hendrix Was a Paratrooper: What the 101st Taught a Guitar Legend About Mastery
Reflecting on how Jimi Hendrix’s time as a 101st Airborne paratrooper instilled in him the discipline, fear management, and humility that later fueled his relentless pursuit of musical mastery and redefined what a guitar could do.
Frozen in the Ardennes: How the Bulge Turned Quiet Foxholes into a Meat Grinder
In December 1944, Hitler’s last gamble slammed into a “quiet” Ardennes sector, forcing green grunts and hard paratroopers to share frozen holes, man-handle 57s into ambush lanes, outlast Skorzeny’s chaos, and bleed the German offensive dry in the snow.
How Revisionist Punditry Became a Threat to the West
When media personalities launder authoritarian talking points as edgy contrarianism, they are not engaging in harmless debate; they are teaching a generation to doubt the very idea that their country is worth defending.
Medal of Honor Monday: Mervyn S. Bennion – From Utah Farmlands to Pearl Harbor
On that brutal Sunday morning at Pearl Harbor, Captain Mervyn Bennion stayed on the burning bridge of West Virginia with his guts torn open, still fighting for his ship and his men long after any reasonable man would have let go.
The Influence of General John Stark on General Don Bolduc: A Legacy of Leadership
Drawing on the overlooked grit of Revolutionary War hero John Stark, General Don Bolduc has forged a leadership style grounded in blunt honesty, shared risk, and an uncompromising commitment to his troops.
From El Alamein to Fallujah, November’s Record of Decision
November has repeatedly served as war’s decision month, delivering hinge battles from El Alamein and Guadalcanal to the Somme and Fallujah that either broke enemy momentum or forced conflicts into their endgame.
Pistols and Sabers: The Great Cavalry Escape from Harpers Ferry
Grimes Davis rode through the dark like a man convinced Providence had tapped him on the shoulder, turning a doomed garrison’s last breath into one of the boldest jailbreaks the war ever saw.
