Overshadowed by his older brothers, Warren Earp struggled to live up to the Earp name.
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Battle for Van Tuong 1 During the Vietnam War
In May 1967, a platoon of the 31st Infantry fought off a VC attack in force against a hamlet loyal to the Saigon government.
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Greek Civil War: After Defeating the Nazis, the Next Enemy Was Each Other
They fought side by side to drive out the Nazis, but once World War II, the real war for Greece began, pitting Greek against Greek.
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Losing Ground to the Khmer Rouge
As the war in Vietnam wound down with the signing of the 1973 Paris Peace Accords, the war in neighboring Cambodia was going from bad to worse.
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French and Indian War: Brigadier General John Forbes’ Expedition
Rather than repeat Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock’s disastrous march on Fort Duquesne through western Virginia in 1755, in 1758 Brig. Gen. John Forbes took a new route — carved through the Allegheny Mountains of western Pennsylvania.
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Joseph Wheeler
Fightin’ Joe Wheeler lived up to his name in two wars and in two uniforms — one gray, one blue.
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Battle of Blue Licks
Against the good advice of Daniel Boone, a hotheaded major caused the bloodiest tragedy ever for the Kentucky frontier militia.
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Mongol Empire: Chormaquan and the Mongol Conquest of the Middle East
One of Genghis Khan’s less-famous generals masterminded a brilliant campaign through Persia, Georgia and Armenia.
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Letters from Wilhelm Graf von Schwerin: Eyewitness to Siege of Yorktown
The letters of a young German grenadier officer serving with the French describe the pivotal actions at Redoubts 9 and 10 during the climactic battle of the American Revolution.
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The Wilcox Train Robbery
Six Wild Bunch members, including the Sundance Kid and Harvey Logan, used more than a touch of dynamite when they held up a Union Pacific train in Wyoming in 1899.