The Only American Female POW in WWII Europe Had to Fight for Her Status Reba Whittle was a flight nurse ferrying wounded soldiers from the battlefields of Europe to safety.
The Most Decorated Female Soldier in the History of Modern Warfare Milunka Savić probably didn’t know she was about to set out on a seven-year rampage of destruction across two continents in...
A Woman with Leprosy Was the Most Important Spy in the Fight for the Philippines For here exploits, Josefina Guerrero received the Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm, a decoration created by President Harry...
Navy Renames Survey Ship After Pioneering Female Ocean Researcher, Stripping Vessel of Confederate Ties Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced in a press release and social media posts that he has ordered the USNS Maury...
A Black Union Spy in the Confederate White House Almost Burned It Down In Her Escape In recognition of her intelligence contributions, Mary Jane Richards was inducted into the U.S. Army Intelligence Hall of...
How a Beauty Queen Turned Guerrilla Avenged Her Father's Death in World War II As a young girl, Remedios Gomez-Paraiso loved all things beauty-related. Her life changed dramatically when the Japanese...
Queen Elizabeth II's Time in WWII Made Her the Most Hardcore Head of State Queen Elizabeth II was the only modern head of state to have served in World War II.
6 Women Whose Military Service Made History Women have fought alongside men in battle since the Revolutionary War days. Some did it openly; others concealed their...
Black Female U-2 Pilot Broke Barriers on the Ground and in the Air Air Force Col. Merryl Tengesdal started out in the Navy flying helicopters but ended up becoming the first Black woman to fly...
How This West Point Cadet Made History Simone Askew solidified her place in history at West Point, becoming the first Black woman to earn the position of first...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...