Military History

The moving tradition of leaving coins on the gravestones of military members can be traced back to ancient times.

What should have been the quick interrogation and execution of Ovcharenko turned into a grisly scene out of a horror movie.

Reagan wasn’t going to allow Latin America to fall into Communist hands. So the Green Berets of 7th SFG were called in to do Green Beret stuff.

If a crew flew 25 combat missions, they were rotated back to the states. But no crew survived that long. The Memphis Belle was the first.

Who would win in this epic matchup? Would the technologically superior Iowa class battleships prevail or would the Yamato’s guns claim victory?

In 1945, eight sailors from the USS Barb paddled to shore with a makeshift explosive to destroy an enemy train. Their legacy is alive today.

Either because of their effectiveness or for outright no real reason, some of the weapons that the U.S. uses are considered illegal by foreign countries

It has been decades since John Basilone served bravely in Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima, but his country hasn’t forgotten him.

The nuclear submarine USS Scorpion met its end during the Cold War. Yet, despite its mechanical problems, something sinister might have been the cause.

September 18th marks the 74th birthday of the United States Air Force. Or, at least, the 74th anniversary of the adoption papers being signed.   The Air Force’s Conception When Orville and Wilbur Wright first loosed the surly bonds of gravity in their flying machine in 1903, the U.S. Army was already using hot air […]

Operation Market Garden was a spectacular, yet flawed, “airborne carpet” of troops that tried to create a salient in the German front.

The idyllic and small atoll of Tarawa was the site of a brutal battle that forced the Marines to adjust their training and approach to reconnaisance.