The Army Bombers That Attacked the Japanese Fleet and Helped Turn the Tide at Midway During the Battle of Midway, a crippled U.S. Army B-26 bomber flew so close over Japan’s flagship Akagi that its crew...
Thanksgiving as a Strategic Military Tool Thanksgiving has always been more than a holiday for the U.S. military. From Lincoln’s wartime proclamation to modern...
America’s Secret WWII OSS Mission in Vietnam to Arm Ho Chi Minh Against Japan In the final months of World War II, a small team of American commandos parachuted into the mountains of northern Vietnam to...
The Only WWII Land Battle Fought on American Soil: The Forgotten Fight for Alaska When most people think of the Pacific Theater of World War II, they envision tropical islands, heat, and jungle combat...
Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ Taps Into the Oldest Story Troops Know: Trying to Get Home After War Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey reimagines Homer’s epic as the ultimate post-deployment story: Matt Damon’s Odysseus fights...
From Pearl Harbor to Japan: How 25th Infantry Division Earned its 'Tropic Lightning' Name in WWII This newly organized unit soon became one of the war's most aggressive fighting forces. It was one of only two Army divisions...
Mississippi Delta Farmer's Wife Fell in Love With German POW and Helped Him Escape, Leading FBI on Chase A German Luftwaffe pilot and a Mississippi Delta farmer’s wife made a run for it in January 1946, eight months after World...
Task Force Smith: How the 24th Infantry Division Saved South Korea at the Start of the Korean War In July of 1950, the Korean War looked as if it was about to come to an unexpectantly quick conclusion. South Korean troops...
The WWII Mystery Behind the 1942 Battle of Los Angeles: Axis Planes, Aliens or Mass Hysteria? Not even three months after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Americans on the west coast thought they were under attack...
Last Stand in Korea: How Greek and American Troops Held Outpost Harry Against 13,000 Chinese Soldiers On the evening of June 10, 1953, Markley briefed his men from K Company, 15th Infantry Regiment before sending them to their...
This Navy Dentist Engraved 'Remember Pearl Harbor' on Hideki Tojo's Dentures For roughly three months in 1946 and 1947, the man who approved the attack on Pearl Harbor walked around Sugamo Prison with...
Black History Month Turns 100 Black History Month highlights Black servicemembers whose courage shaped the military despite segregation and discrimination.
DoW Christian Service Draws Dozens of Complaints from Members, Contractors One contractor told Military.com that the email invite was "stark, depressing, almost threatening."
The Youngest American Killed in Vietnam Enlisted in the Marines at 14 PFC Dan Bullock became the youngest American service member killed in the Vietnam War after forging his birth certificate to...
Why You Didn’t Get the Job: Understanding How Companies Hire In today’s turbulent, unpredictable and frustrating hiring market, job-seekers are seemingly doing everything right and...
