When the United States entered World War I in 1917, Ernest Peixotto was eager to lend his hand to the effort.
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Shot Down in France, An American Airman’s Fate Remained a Mystery for Decades
Lincoln Bundy was assumed to have died shortly after D-Day. Fifty years would pass before his family learned otherwise
How a Local Breakfast Club is Connecting With Thousands of Veterans Across America
What began as a local breakfast club in Pittsburgh now reaches thousands of veterans
This Forward Air Controller Took Death-Defying Risks to Aid Special Forces
Air Force Capt. John P. Calamos received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his heroic actions calling in air strikes in Vietnam.
Surviving Objects From D-Day Speak Volumes on Sacrifice
At the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, these artifacts from the beaches of Normandy are called “Silent Witnesses.”
Raw Courage: Clerks, Cooks and Mechanics Fought Off Viet Cong Sappers
Soldiers in noncombat roles repelled an attack by communist sappers, the most highly trained of all North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong forces
They Tried to Kill Each Other in the Skies Over Vietnam. Now They’re Friends
Thirty-six years after clashing in a dogfight over North Vietnam, an American fighter pilot and a North Vietnamese fighter pilot buried the hatchet.
‘Taking Fire!’ Memoir Details Hunter-Killer Scout Missions
A former scout helicopter pilot details his experiences during a 1969-70 combat tour with the air cavalry of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Revolt in the Ranks: The Court-Martial of Lieutenant Colonel Lewis E. Goodier Sr.
In 1915 a group of disgruntled airmen in the U.S. Signal Corps declared war on their superiors. The consequences were far reaching
After Years of Delay, ‘Masters of the Air’ Has Finally Started Production
Based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same name, “Masters of the Air” is expected to follow American bomber pilots of the U.S. Eighth Air Force
