Category: History

On  February 23, 1945, World War II was raging across the globe. In Europe, brutal fighting continued as Germany was being squeezed from two sides by the American and British in the west and the Russians in the east. In the Pacific, the Japanese were putting up fanatical resistance in the Philippines and on a […]

Robert Hugo Dunlap was a Marine Corps officer whose bravery astounded even battle-hardened Marines on the vicious fighting of Iwo Jima during the US invasion there. During the days of February 20-21, 1945, Dunlap, a company commander in C Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Harry S. Truman […]

SSG  Fred Zabitosky was a member of the MACV-SOG (Military Assistance Command, Studies and Observations Group) in Vietnam and was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in combat for his actions on February 19,1968. Zabitosky’s mission on that day would take him into Laos where the nine-man joint American Special Forces and Nung indigenous […]

The submarine is today recognized as a deadly weapon of war and the subs of today are able to travel the expanses of the oceans under the sea and deliver a multitude of weapons, to include nuclear ICBMs. But 154 years ago during the Civil War the aims of the Confederate defenders of Charleston, SC, […]

Every now and then you’ll come across something on the internet that catches your eye and you click and it completely resonates with you. It doesn’t matter where it is from or who said it but it is perfect. And it shows, despite the differences we all have, deep down the same things that drive […]

William Sebold (born Wilhelm Georg Debrowski in Germany) was a naturalized US citizen who helped the FBI break apart the Duquesne Spy Ring in the United States after being coerced into becoming a spy for Nazi Germany prior to World War II. After having his family in Germany threatened by the Nazis, he agreed to […]

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is making the rounds in Latin America to drive home the point that while the drug trafficking issue is constantly being addressed, it still needs to do more. Tillerson said the U.S. has been encouraged by the progress made by Colombia in the reduction of coca growth, but […]

In February 1777, with the Revolutionary War not going well, George Washington was intent on finding out more information about the British disposition in New York. Washington’s military scouts were unable to gather enough information for him to make any appreciable decisions. So Washington decided to take the drastic step of creating his own ring […]

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ruffled some feathers right out of the gate before kicking off a whirlwind trip to Latin America by praising the Monroe Doctrine and warning the countries of Chinese “imperial” expansionist policies. During a question-and-answer session after a speech in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, Tillerson praised the 1823 Monroe Doctrine […]

The year 1988 was an interesting one in the realm of international politics and conflict and unlike the events of today, these were much closer to home. And when the President of the United States was going to make a speech to the American people, lobbying for aid against a Communist regime that threatened peace […]

Russia has responded to US officials after one of its warplanes performing an “unsafe” maneuver Monday by reportedly coming within 5 feet of a Navy spy plane over the Black Sea. Their response is basically…to deal with it. The incident, which reportedly lasted more than two-and-a-half hours, occurred when a U.S. Navy EP-3E Aries II surveillance plane […]

Watching and following politics in this country at the national level is a very difficult proposition these days. If you label yourself an Independent voter it is even more difficult. Media outlets aren’t content to report the news now, those days are going, going gone. We live in the hot take era. Media members now […]