Tag: Military history

Our time in Afghanistan will be marked by profound emotions hard to describe to someone who wasn’t there. In the end, was it all worth it?

Patton is a military legend. But as a commander, his brisk tactics and brusque temperament often put him at odds with peers and superiors.

This letter, sent from the Battle of the Bulge, is a stark yet beautiful reminder of the fighting spirit of our Armed Forces.

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

A top secret military mission. A famous civilian oceanographer. The story of how the Titanic was found that was never told.

For most of us, Christmas is and has always been a holiday. But did you know that five major historical events took place on December 25th?

Navy SEALs have become a celebrated part of our special operations force, but do you know which President created the SEALs?

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

The USS Oklahoma sank in roughly 11 minutes, trapping scores of men inside the the overturned battleship who had to fight to escape.

A massive series of under-ice tunnels capable of storing, transporting, and launching nuclear ballistic missiles, dubbed Project Iceworm.

“It’s just the end of the road,” Ralph Santillo, founder and CEO of the military museum said to the Cape Coral News-Press. “That’s it.”

Less than a month after the fall of Sicily, the Allies began their quest to liberate mainland Italy. On September 3, 1943, the British undertook simultaneous landings in the Calabria “toe” region of Italy. About a week later, on September 9, 1943, the Americans launched Operation Avalanche near the port of Salerno. The operation began […]