A letter left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. tells the story of fallen hero Henry L. Bradshaw, who died in a Viet Cong attack, August 11, 1968.
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Daily Quiz for December 13, 2010
Woodrow Wilson’s image graces the front of this denomination of American currency.
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What a Difference A Century Makes
A hundred years ago, the French and Germans were preparing feverishly to slaughter one another. The notion of them being friends would have struck any educated person as absurd. Today, the notion of them ever fighting again seems equally so.
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Daily Quiz for December 12, 2010
He was the first ruler to establish a strong kingdom in Germanic Gaul.
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Daily Quiz for December 11, 2010
As a war correspondent, John Steinbeck participated in commando raids commanded by this Hollywood actor.
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The Bob Hope Christmas Gallery
Photographs of Bob Hope and his guests, taken at his Christmas shows for troops during the Vietnam War.
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Daily Quiz for December 10, 2010
Edwin Booth, assassin John Wilkes Booth’s brother, saved the life of this person’s son.
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World History at Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl
At the 2010 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, World History will debut its new book series that features WWII veterans’ own stories interwoven with historic narrative, maps and graphics—War Stories: The Pacific, Vol. I, Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal.
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Daily Quiz for December 9, 2010
This famous aviator survived a plane crash in the Pacific Ocean and was found 24 days later in a life raft.
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Daily Quiz for December 8, 2010
The first woman to obtain a geology degree in America was the wife of this future president of the United States.