Joseph Connor, Author at HistoryNet

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How Gen. Ridgway Saved the 82nd Airborne From a Suicide Mission in Rome

by Joseph Connor11/10/202211/15/2022

Ridgway knew he couldn’t stay silent about a plan that would sacrifice his troops.

How Presidential Term Limits Backfired on Republicans

by Joseph Connor9/14/20229/14/2022

The Bataan Death March War Crimes Trial: Was It Fair?

by Joseph Connor6/24/20226/24/2022

World War II Soldiers Loved to Sing—Provided They Got to Sing Their Way

by Joseph Connor2/17/20222/17/2022

Horrors Spawned More Horrors When American Troops Entered Dachau

by Joseph Connor12/30/20218/30/2022

Could a Young Army Pilot Have Prevented the Pearl Harbor Tragedy?

by Joseph Connor12/7/202111/29/2022

The aftermath of the infamous Kansas City shootout, June 17, 1933. (AP Photo)

How 1930s American Gang Violence Paved the Way for Gun Control

by Joseph Connor8/23/20216/7/2022

How Police Caught Infamous Gangster ‘Baby Face’ Nelson

by Joseph Connor8/23/20218/19/2021

Jackie Robinson Refused to Move to the Back of the Bus. Here’s How the Army Reacted.

by Joseph Connor8/5/20218/19/2022

Nazi Sympathizer in the U.S. Army

by Joseph Connor6/24/20214/4/2023