Category: Military History

Having grown up in Italy, Joe Savoldi was a natural for OSS. And winning a bar fight? He could clear the room by himself. 

The acting Secretary of Defense announced the first four members of an eight-person commission that will take on the renaming military bases.

I was thinking, “Why am I falling? When you see that much blood, and you know that it is yours, it has a tendency to scare you.”

Daniel Crowley, 98, has finally been honored for his actions in the Pacific. His story is one of grittiest WWII tales we’ve ever heard.

SecDef Miller: USS Nimitz will now remain on station in the U.S. Central Command area of operations. No one should doubt the resolve of the United States of America.

“This action clearly demonstrates our continuing commitment to Somalia and our regional partners,” Army Major General Joel Tyler said.

While the U.S. Government did exert political pressure on Noriega, it was a Psychological Operation, or PSYOP, that finally broke his spirit.

Jennings had the troops remove the grenades from the boxes and he peppered the attacking NVA troops with a constant barrage of grenades.

During the Battle of the Bulge, a group of pathfinders undertook a suicide mission that would determine the fate of the 101st Airborne.

I think we probably would have had a little different outcome in Afghanistan if we would have done … what we are doing now,” Miller said.

During the Battle of the Bulge, a German family brokered a truce between American and German troops who had become lost in the forest.

These three snipers had nearly 300 confirmed kills, but what makes them examples for Marines today is more than their skills in battle.