Military History

For nearly two weeks in October 1962, the world stood on the brink of nuclear annihilation.

Because of their groundbreaking service in World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen were awarded eight Purple Hearts, 14 Bronze...

"Pressure" is about what happened at the top of the chain of command leading to the largest amphibious assault in the history...

To this day, the barracks attack in Beirut remains the single greatest loss of life the Marine Corps has experienced since...

Nearly 250 years ago, hundreds of militiamen lined a hillside in Massachusetts and started firing a barrage of musket balls...

The whole episode was unjust, and none of the sailors received the legal due process they were owed, Navy Secretary Carlos...

When Mildred Fish-Harnack was guillotined on Feb. 16, 1943, she became the only American killed on a direct order from the...

Omar Bradley went from graduating 44th in his class at the U.S. Military Academy to becoming one of the Army's most...

Army planners thought they would be invading Lebanon. They didn't even know where Grenada was.

In 1942, Phil Bucklew and nine other naval warfare pioneers trained to perform amphibious assaults before the U.S. had any...