Uniformity Wearing a uniform is not always a sure sign of the character inside […]
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Iroquois Battle Fellow Iroquois on the Niagara Frontier During the War of 1812
Iroquois of the Six Nations proved invaluable allies to both sides during the War of 1812 — until the inevitable day when they found themselves fighting each other.
By Dana Benner
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Battle of Chickamauga and Gordon Granger’s Reserve Corps
Major General Gordon Granger’s Reserve Corps of the Army of the Cumberland faced hard fighting at Chickamauga.
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More to War Than Fighting
Battlefield negotiation was a skill that was fundamental to a general’s success.
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Ulysses S. Grant: The Myth of ‘Unconditional Surrender’ Begins at Fort Donelson
Grant was a master of the art of forcing surrender.
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Battle of Hürtgen Forest: The 9th Infantry Division Suffered in the Heavily Armed Woods
The bitter and bloody experience of the 9th Infantry Division in the Hürtgen Forest in autumn 1944 should have been enough to warn Allied leaders that the German army wasn’t finished just yet.
By Mark J. Reardon
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Augustin-Leon Guillaume’s Goums in a Modern War
In 1921, Augustin-Léon Guillaume assumed command of the 12th Goum Mixte, Moroccan horsemen recruited by the French army. In Africa, Italy and Indochina, the goumiers would develop a reputation as tough mountain troops.
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Going Back to Vietnam After the War
Almost three decades after they fought the 320th NVA Division at Dai Do, Brig. Gen. Bill Weise led members of his 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, back to the Vietnam War battlefield.
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How Captain James Jabara Became the First American Ace of the Korean War
Captain James Jabara became the first American ace in Korea when he turned his fifth MiG into a ‘whirl of fire’…and he had only just begun. Before he was done, he would record 15 ‘kills.’
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Letter From December 2006 Vietnam Magazine
America loses another of its multiple-war heroes For all too many people today, Vietnam […]