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For their bravery, Knuth and his fellow soldiers would come to be known as the Iron Men of Metz.

“It was a 20th-century version of the Wild West frontier fortress."

The recommended airspeed for landing an F-15 was around 150 mph. He brought it down around 300 mph.

Before 1970, women serving in the military were discharged for becoming mothers. This meant that pregnant women in uniform were forced to make a choice: Leave the military to become mothers or risk an illegal (and then-dangerous) abortion

Before 1970, women serving in the military were discharged for becoming mothers. This meant that pregnant women in uniform were forced to make a choice: Leave the military to become mothers or risk an illegal (and then-dangerous) abortion

Sharron Cohen in 1973 was known as Sharron Frontiero, a young U.S. Air Force lieutenant whose sex discrimination lawsuit became the first case Ruth Bader Ginsburg ever argued before the Supreme Court

Sharron Cohen in 1973 was known as Sharron Frontiero, a young U.S. Air Force lieutenant whose sex discrimination lawsuit became the first case Ruth Bader Ginsburg ever argued before the Supreme Court

“It was a story of valor untouched by any other episode I know of."

“It was a story of valor untouched by any other episode I know of."

"I don't know people on the planet have the kind of resilience he does."

"I don't know people on the planet have the kind of resilience he does."

"The truth is that I never killed anybody with an entrenching tool."

There’s a famous Marine Corps story from the Vietnam War, where a Marine got a confirmed kill with a small collapsible shovel, called an entrenching tool, or E-tool. Here's what really happened.

Uncle Wally’s service had been family lore. And the monument—erected somewhere in a small town in France—loomed large in my imagination. My dad didn’t know the name of the town. Perhaps Uncle Wally didn’t, either.

Operation Market Garden was the largest airborne operation in history, but in a little more than week of fighting, the operation — and hopes of an early end to the war —fell apart

‘We were expecting the worst, but the Americans were totally unprepared. We had our choice of targets.’

During the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, live audio was recorded at 9:37 a.m. from air traffic controllers and 911 first responders as American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon

For their actions during the bloody struggle for Iwo Jima during World War II, 27 sailors and Marines received the Medal of Honor. Harry Jackson Sr.'s family is trying to make it 28

He enlisted at 28, died at 29 and never came home. Now Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Frank L. Athon Jr. is returning to Cincinnati nearly 80 years after his death in the Pacific in World War II

With the bow including seven and a half tons of World Trade Center steel, the USS New York is a constant reminder that we will always rise up during difficult times, and our fallen will never be forgotten

It has been 70 years since Baldomero Lopez sacrificed his life to save his Marine platoon, smothering a grenade with his body during the Koeran War’s Battle of Inchon

More than 3,400 Medals of Honor have been awarded to U.S. service members who distinguished themselves conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.