Information On The Battle of Hamburger Hill During The Vietnam War, also known as Hill 937, and as depicted in the 1987 Movie “Hamburger Hill.”
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D-Day: U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division’s Desperate Hours on Omaha Beach
As soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division leaped from their landing craft into the choppy waters off Omaha Beach, many cursed the landing-craft pilots who had deposited them too far away from the invasion beach.
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Early Covert Action on the Ho Chi Minh Trail
In 1961 and 1962 the CIA-trained and -sponsored 1st Observation Group was formed to counter Communist operations along the trail.
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Fort Laramie: Gateway to the Far West
The fort, which became a military post 150 years ago, protected and supplied emigrants headed to the West Coast and was the site of several historic peace conferences between the northern tribes and the U.S. government.
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America’s Bitter End in Vietnam
It was the Vietnam War in microcosm—Good intentions marred by fatally flawed follow-through.
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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 Dien Bien Phu
In 1954, the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu fell to the Viet Minh, in one of the 20th century’s most decisive battles.
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George Crook: Indian Fighter
Against the Apaches in Arizona Territory and the Sioux and Cheyenne in the northern Plains, Crook did his job more effectively than most Army leaders on the Plains.
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The Withdrawal from Khe Sanh
Two months after withstanding the most ferocious siege of the Vietnam War, Khe Sanh was abandoned to the enemy.
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101st Airborne Division Holds the Line Along Hell’s Highway
As the 101st Airborne Division secured Eindhoven and Veghel at the start of Operation Market Garden, its battles in Holland were only the beginning.