“Never in the field of human conflict was so much been owed by so many to so few,” Prime […]
Posted inStories
Book Review: Race of Aces-WWII’s Elite Airmen and the Epic Battle to Become the Master of the Sky
Bestselling author John Bruning begins his massive, exhaustively researched and fast-paced account of the competition for the title of American ace of aces in World War II with a startling statistic:
Posted inStories
Letter From Aviation History: A Marauder’s Tale
If this bomber could talk, it would have quite a story to tell. In a way it can, as every nick and scratch, every dent, every patched hole speaks of its hard-fought service during World War II.
Posted inStories
‘I Was a Dental Assistant to Japanese War Criminals’
Working in Tokyo’s Sugamo Prison, dental assistant Ed Case got up close and personal with Japanese war criminals.
Posted inStories
President Trump Officially Pardoned Susan B. Anthony—Some Historians are Rejecting it
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump officially pardoned suffragist Susan B. Anthony for her then-illegal […]
Posted inStories
Liberators’ Legacy: Memorials to the Aleutians Air War
B-24 bomber wrecks on remote Alaskan islands stand as mute testimony to the hard-fought air war during the Aleutians campaign.
Posted inStories
Book Review: Revolver
Jim Rasenberger reveals Sam Colt, the man behind the namesake iconic American firearm, warts and all
Posted inStories
Floyd Welch, One of the Last Pearl Harbor Survivors, Dies at 99
Floyd Welch, one of the last survivors of Pearl Harbor, died peacefully at home […]
Posted inStories
‘Desert One’ Documentary Chronicles Challenges, Lessons of Operation Eagle Claw
Nineteen-year-old Sgt. Kevin Hermening had never heard of Iran when he learned he was […]
Posted inStories
October 16, 1940—Uncle Sam’s Got Your Number, Guys
With war in the wings, the United States began calling men into service in 1940.