WWII Marine absorbed grenade blast to save his men on Tinian
While fighting on Tinian Pvt. Joseph Ozbourn sacrificed his life to save four fellow Marines.
By Jon Guttman
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Meet the youngest Medal of Honor recipient since the Civil War
At just 14 years old, Jacklyn "Jack" Lucas forged his mother’s signature to join the Marine Corps.
Airman behind famed ‘Burst of Joy’ photo dies at 92
Retired Col. Robert L. Stirm, the man featured in the famous Vietnam War Pulitzer Prize-winning photo “Burst of Joy” has died.
How a Nazi trial ended the just-following-orders defense for US troops
After Nuremberg, U.S. military policy stated troops have a duty to disobey orders “a man of ordinary sense and understanding would know to be illegal."
By Richard Sisk
How the Battle of Hurtgen Forest became one of the biggest US losses
By the night of Nov. 20, the U.S. rifle companies alone had lost more than 40% of their strength.
By Michael D. Hull