The Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient died rescuing MarinesWhen asked if he could go back and extract the overwhelmed Marines from Guadalcanal, the 22-year-old Munro reportedly gave a confident, “Hell, yeah!”4 days ago
The man who made Belleau Wood — and the Marine Corps — immortalFloyd Gibbons made history when his dispatch got past the wartime censor.6 days ago
‘Ghosts’ of WWII to be honored with Congressional Gold MedalActivated in 1944, the unit known as the Ghost Army was the first mobile, multimedia tactical deception outfit in U.S. Army history.
Witches be crazy: How one WWII ship led to the UK’s last witch trial One particular séance in 1941 attracted the attention of the British War Office.
‘All we can do for you now’: How Czech sabotage saved a B-17 crewIt was not until the 1944 introduction of the P-51 Mustang that B-17s would be regularly accompanied by fighter escorts.
Inside the US Army’s failed nuclear ice lair in Cold War GreenlandWhile the U.S. didn’t get to act out its Bond villain lair fantasies, it did further scientific understandings of the world around us.
Inside the infamous porn obsession of Hitler’s Nazi protégéJulius Streicher was executed by hanging in October 1946.
WWII paratrooper famous for bringing beer to wounded troops dies at 98Vincent Speranza, an American paratrooper who became known as the soldier who doled out beer to his wounded comrades, died Wednesday at 98.
How a mother managed to save her son at Guadalcanal — from Ohio"My mother had put her arms halfway around the world to save me," Elgin Staples later recalled.
Meet the Marine who ‘rode the thunder’ and lived to tell the taleAfter being forced to eject from his F-8 Crusader, Lt. Col. William Rankin soon found himself amid a thunderstorm — 40,000 feet above ground.
Mamma Mia! Sky eatery deafens Waterloo visitors with ABBA, dance musicIt remains unclear, however, if Beef Wellington is on the menu.
Anti-tank quarterbacks: That time the Army put grenades in footballsThe Army attempted to meld Americans’ love of football with combat — with mixed results.