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Newest Navy Sub to be Named After WWII Legend
Once again the USS Barb will be patrolling the seas.
Night Rescue on Tiger Mountain
Volunteers risked it all to save their 7th Cavalry comrades in the A Shau Valley
Little Mac on the Move
Primary accounts dispel General McClellan’s supposed inactivity at Antietam.
‘Bite it in vain’: The Ancient Greeks Prove that Military Humor Transcends Millennia
Military humor transcends millennia, apparently. From phallic graffiti, courtesy of some bored Roman soldier, […]
The Day We Lost Charlie: a Secret Mission and a Sudden Death
How a secret mission in Vietnam brought an inexperienced helicopter pilot into a Viet Cong ambush
The U-2C ‘Dragon Lady’ Spy Plane
In the era preceding satellite imagery, the U-2, nicknamed the “Dragon Lady,” was America’s reliable way to produce images of nonaccessible regions.
Winston Groom, Famed Author of Forrest Gump, Dies at 77
“It’s something that was very impressed on me. To write about men in war.”
Book Review: Fire Mission!
Hunter recalls the dangers and the difficulties he experienced as an “FO” in Vietnam in his thoughtful memoir, Fire Mission! Fire Mission!
Ronald Rosser, Medal of Honor Recipient Who Joined Army to Avenge Brother KIA, Has Died
Ronald Rosser joined the Army at the outset of the Korean War for one purpose—to avenge his brother’s death.
