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This Korean War Medal of Honor recipient is getting a ship named after him
"One of the hardest things about the medal is that you're really not allowed to forget about it."
This Gulf War footage of an F-16 dodging 6 Iraqi missiles is insane
“Stroke 3 break right. Break right. SAM lock."
He spent three years as a POW during WWII. Now he’s finally being recognized for his heroism
"He truly represents members of the greatest generation, who did so much but asked so little from their country."
The last known widow of a Civil War soldier has died at 101
The two were married in 1936.
The legendary story of the 1914 Christmas truce
Editor's note: This article was originally published on Dec. 16, 2015.
Surrounded. Low on supplies. Freezing. The Nazis demanded his surrender. He replied: ‘Nuts!”
“To the German Commander, N U T S ! The American Commander.”
Incredible photos show present-day Pearl Harbor compared with the day of the attack
On December 7, 1941, the U.S. naval fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor suffered a devastating attack from the air and sea
70 years later, the cold of ‘frozen Chosin’ Reservoir still haunts Army vet
"I would never have believed that you could live on the ground at 40 (degrees) below zero."
That time a Maine Boy Scout foiled two Nazi spies
"They just weren't like normal Mainers in November. You just never saw anybody walking without boots when it was snowy like that."
The history of the M2 flamethrower
The M2 flamethrower is a weapon that is awesome and terrifying at the same time. Terrifying to both its user...
The greatest ‘hold my beer’ moment in American history is thanks to this drunk Marine veteran
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story was originally published in 2017. Have you ever risked life and limb...
Meet the Night Witches: The female pilots who struck fear into Nazi troops
The main goal of the 588th was to disorient and sleep deprive the enemy, and it became clear they were successful.
The forgotten soldiers behind Netflix’s ‘The Liberator’
The men of the 45th Infantry Division fought for each other, as all soldiers do, but they also fought for their country. Not for what it was — with its segregation, its double standards, and its signs in front of businesses saying who could shop or eat or drink there — but for what it could be.
Why the Navy manages its own private white oak forest
The Navy grows a forest of white oaks in Indiana for the sole purpose of restoring and refitting the USS Constitution.
How B-52s shot down enemy fighters over Vietnam
"I fired at the bandit until it ballooned to 3 times in intensity then suddenly disappeared from my radar."
How a 15-year-old Marine became one of the infamous WWII ‘Thieves on Saipan’
They wore sneakers, carried knives and rifles and dynamite, but they planned to use piano wire — the “Mafia necktie” — to kill.
The march of the Bonus Army
Eighty-eight years ago thousands of U.S. military veterans gathered their belongings and began a long march across the country to Washington, D.C. Once there, they pitched their canvas tents in neatly ordered rows and dug in for a long fight.
The march of the Bonus Army and the G.I. Bill
Eighty-eight years ago thousands of U.S. military veterans gathered their belongings and began a long march across the country to Washington, D.C. Once there, they pitched their canvas tents in neatly ordered rows and dug in for a long fight.
The true story of the WWII vets who fought one last battle — in their own hometown — for the right to vote
When a corrupt political machine denied them their right to vote, these World War II veterans took the battlefield one last time, winning the only successful armed rebellion since the American Revolution
Room 4714: The haunted history of West Point
“Do you know. I believe the cadets with all my heart ... It just doesn’t fit into my theology."
What makes a military watch a military watch?
If anyone knows the importance of time, it’s a military service member. Formations, meetings, training events, combat synchronization — our life is literally controlled by the clock
How the most successful submarine in Navy history ended up sinking itself
It was a tragic and unfitting end for the most successful submarine in U.S. Navy history
Trump approves Congressional Gold Medal for legendary WWII jungle fighters known as ‘Merrill’s Marauders’
President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill authorizing the Congressional Gold Medal for the legendary all-volunteer jungle fighters of World War II known as Merrill's Marauders
