Communist sappers thought LZ Snoopy would be an easy target, but the Americal Division’s Bravo Battery proved them wrong.
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Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War: The Eastern Campaigns, 1861-1864 (Book Review)
Reviewed by Perry D. Jamieson, Air Force Historical Studies Office By Earl J. Hess […]
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Lt. Col. John E. Gross Recalls the Tet Battles of Bien Hoa and Long Binh
An eyewitness account of the battle for control of Bien Hoa and Long Binh on the first day of the 1968 Tet Offensive.
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Capturing Fort Pulaski During the American Civil War
As a young U.S. Army lieutenant, Robert E. Lee helped to construct Fort Pulaski. As a Confederate general 30 years later, he confidently assured fort defenders it could not be breached. Union gunners were not so sure.
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‘Home, Sweet Home’: A Civil War Soldier’s Favorite Song
John Howard Payne’s haunting ‘Home, Sweet Home’ was the Civil War soldier’s favorite song.
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Austro-Sardinian War
Combining such technical innovations as railroads and rifled firearms with Napoleonic-era tactics, French Emperor Napoleon III’s short but bloody bid for glory even left the French emperor sickened, but it laid the foundation for a united Italy–and the International Red Cross.
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Anglo-Scottish Wars: Battle of Pinkie Cleugh
In the last engagement between English and Scottish national armies, both sides adopted weapons and tactics used on the Continent.
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America’s Civil War: Horses and Field Artillery
Working side by side with soldiers, horses labored to pull artillery pieces into battle. Without them, field artillery could not have been used to such deadly effect.
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Rif War
Winning the Rif War in 1920, Spaniards subdued Muslim revolutionaries, but with unexpected consequences for Spain and Morocco.
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U.S. Army’s B Company, 504th Military Police Battalion Patrolled Central Highlands Highways During the Vietnam War
The B Company ‘Roadrunners’ of the 504th Military Police Battalion faced Viet Cong land mines and ambushes as they patrolled the notorious roads of the Central Highlands.