This Future President Turned a Burly WWI Troop into a Crack Combat Unit When the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, Harry Truman reenlisted with the National Guard, where he was elected...
What a World War I Soldier Wrote to His Mother Officer candidate Sylvester Benjamin Butler writes to his mother about his experiences during World War I.
How a Race Riot Involving an Army Unit Led to the Largest Murder Trial in US History The Houston Race Riot of 1917 involved an all-Black battalion from the 24th Infantry Regiment and resulted in the execution...
The World War I Memorial Has a Doughboy in Full Uniform Playing 'Taps' Every Night The doughboy plays Taps to honor those who were killed in World War I and everyone who has served their country since.
These 3 Black National Guard Units Served with Distinction in WWI The National Guard's history is replete with examples of African Americans who served with distinction.
World War I: Top 10 Books It was the Big One. The Great War. The War to End All Wars. Here's Military.com's picks for the top 10 books written about...
How a Fairground Became a Mobilization Camp in World War I One hundred years ago in Syracuse, New York, thousands of soldiers preparing for war reported for initial duty at an unusual...
Alvin York: Veteran's Story "God would never be cruel enough to create a cyclone as terrible as that Argonne battle. Only man would ever think of doing...
The Army Asked Confederate Veterans to Teach Soldiers the Rebel Yell for World War I A U.S. Army general wanted a way to scare the Germans as the Americans went "over the top" of the trenches of France.
Mates Down Under: Aussies and U.S. Mark 100 Years One hundred years after the Battle of Hamel, Australian and American troops are still standing shoulder to shoulder.
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...