U.S. Army
Jon Guttman |
Published: August 03, 2011 at 12:15 pm
The Harley-Davidson joins the cavalry.
Robert M. Citino |
Published: October 06, 2010 at 5:04 pm
How different was the Korean War U.S. Army from the World War II model? Not as much as you might think.
Andrew Carroll |
Published: January 29, 2010 at 3:44 pm
When Frank J. Conwell was a child, wintry conditions meant frolicking outside in the snow. But in the frozen forests of the Ardennes, where Conwell served with the 1st Infantry Division’s 436th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, the conditions meant something else altogether.
Robert M. Citino |
Published: December 02, 2009 at 9:05 pm
The Germans' 1941 Operation Mercury was a bold plan to drop thousands of Fallschirmjäger on to Crete's three airports, taking them by surprise; then airlift in regular troops to mop up—the first invasion carried out almost entirely by air. But its human cost was far too high.
Robert M. Citino |
Published: September 27, 2009 at 3:36 pm
In war, the default setting is stasis. That is where the hard-charging commander comes into the picture. Someone has to kick things into gear. General Norman Cota and Admiral William "Bull" Halsey did just that.
Robert M. Citino |
Published: August 09, 2009 at 10:12 am
A trip to Omaha Beach with the West Point cadets leads to an insight about the art of command.
Johnny D. Boggs |
Published: August 07, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Author/Playwright Louis Kraft turns his attention to Indian agent Ned Wynkoop, portraying him onstage.
Robert M. Citino |
Published: July 24, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Amphibious operations are the most difficult to execute, but during World War II, the U.S. military practically perfected them.
Published: July 14, 2009 at 5:36 pm
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Candy Moulton |
Published: June 03, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Fetterman Fight expert John Monnett explains his fascination with Plains Indians and speaks about his new book, Where a Hundred Soldiers Were Killed.
David T. Zabecki |
Published: May 01, 2009 at 11:51 am
In 1950 Lieutenant General Walton "Johnnie" Walker ran the brilliant defense of the Pusan Perimeter, which saved South Korea and invented a whole new doctrine for the U.S. Army
Published: April 29, 2009 at 11:01 am
In 1948 Gail Halvorsen flew to Germany to serve as a transport pilot during the Berlin Airlift. His decision to drop candy to Berlin's isolated children -- a mission dubbed Operation Little Vittles -- became the public relations coup of the Cold War.
Johnny D. Boggs |
Published: April 02, 2009 at 5:30 pm
James Donovan, author and George Custer expert, covers new ground in the story of the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn in his new book A Terrible Glory.
Justin Ewers |
Published: March 12, 2009 at 3:31 pm
GI Joe is celebrating 45 uninterrupted years on the market this February. While the toy evolved to reflect different eras—Joe was an adventurer in the 1970s, fighting crocodiles and sharks, and in the 1990s, equipped to nip the terrorist threat in the bud—it never strayed far from its basic mission.
Gregory Michno |
Published: February 20, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Several hundred people witnessed the Sioux and Cheyenne defeat of Lt. Col. George Custer at the June 25, 1876, Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana Territory, so why do so many myths persist about the events that fateful day?
Justin Ewers |
Published: January 30, 2009 at 1:34 pm
About 350 American POWs who either were Jewish or appeared to be to their German captors were imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II, according to survivors who have begun telling their stories in a series of special reports on CNN. Anthony Acevedo, a medic in the 70th Infantry Division during the war, was the first survivor to step forward with the grisly tale of the American soldiers held at Berga an der Elster, a subcamp of Buchenwald.
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