In February 1836, this man was elected colonel of the volunteers at the Alamo.
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Interview: Ray Downs / U-Boat Attack Survivor
Survivor Ray Downs tells the story of how he almost lost his family at sea after a German U-Boat attack during World War II.
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Fighter Pilot: Hermann Göring
In 1918 the future Luftwaffe leader and Nazi war criminal was a 22-victory fighter ace and German war hero.
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Daily Quiz for December 12, 2018
Daniel Ellsburg, who leaked of the Pentagon Papers, served in this branch of the US military.
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INTERVIEW: Aaron Sheehan-Dean / Just Causes
The Civil War, which cost roughly 750,000 lives, including more than 200,000 battlefield deaths, is America’s deadliest conflict. It could have been worse.
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Triple-Axis Ace
American Louis Curdes shot down German, Italian and Japanese airplanes, then added a U.S. transport to his tally
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The Man Who Would Be President
General Douglas MacArthur craved power. He also despised Franklin D. Roosevelt. So in 1944 he secretly plotted to run against his own commander in chief
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War Stories | Escape Artists
Amid the confusing chaos and searing carnage of war, twists of fate often seem […]
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One Battle, One Army Unit, and Two Medals of Honor
Pfc. John Franklin Baker Jr. and Capt. Robert Franklin Foley both possessed uncommon valor
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When The Troubles Came to Loughgall
The 1987 IRA attack on a village constabulary in Northern Ireland had all the elements of the violent sectarian clash—including innocent bystanders