Claire Barrett
Claire Barrett is the Strategic Operations Editor for Sightline Media and a World War II researcher with an unparalleled affinity for Sir Winston Churchill and Michigan football.
All Stories By Claire
Mail-in voting is nothing new, just ask Civil War soldiers
During the Civil War, 19 Union states changed their laws to allow their soldiers to vote absentee.
Surviving members of Hitler’s Third Reich speak in chilling new documentary ‘Final Account’
"Final Account" hits theaters May 21.
New WWII series from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks has finally started production
The third WWII installment from Hanks and Spielberg is finally on the way.
Nation’s oldest Medal of Honor recipient dies at 99
Coolidge received the Medal of Honor on June 18, 1945.
Group steals Confederate monument, threatens to turn it into a Porta John
Military personnel have extensive experience when it comes to fashioning items into toilets.
Wreck of USS Johnston discovered 77 years after its sinking at the Battle of Leyte Gulf
Of the 327-man crew, only 141 survived that day.
How a one-armed outfielder became an inspiration to wounded WWII veterans
Gray made his Major League debut in 1945.
National WWI Museum and Memorial now has Great War GIFs for every occasion
Feeling happy? Mad? Sad? The museum’s got a GIF for that.
Once a college football star, this soldier was recognized by his captor on the Bataan Death March
The former Notre Dame running back weighed just 98 pounds after 1,236 days as a prisoner of war.
The etymology of ‘f*ck’ and the war that popularized it
“If I hear another f*cking G.I. say ‘f*cking’ once more, I’ll cut my f*cking throat.”
