The Top Most Disgusting Military Rations
Through the ages soldiers have had to stomach all kinds of food that can only be described as awful. Here’s a sampling.
The Flight of the Hawkeyes: Daring—but Futile—Five-Month Prison Break
Iowa POWs walk nearly 300 miles in their bid to make it back to Union lines
‘We Are the Ones You Sent to Fight a War’
We are the ones you sent to fight a war you didn’t know a thing about.
Surrender of the Rising Sun
T. L. Deglin, who was a public relations officer in the U.S. Army during World War II, saw the Japanese surrender at close range.
Knight of the Air: Oswald Boelcke
Only among the aviators of the fighting armies is one certain to find that chivalry which once was never dissociated from war. Theirs is the special heritage of preserving the knightly tradition.
This Week in History – ‘Bonus Army’ Demands Pay From Washington During Great Depression
On July 28, 1932, WWI veterans hit by the Depression stormed Washington to collect bonuses promised to them after Congress delayed their disbursement
This Week in History – Fidel Castro Sets Spark To the Cuban Revolution
In 1953, an armed revolt led by Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July Movement and its allies replaced Cuba's military dictatorship with a Communist one
This Week in History – How the Start of the Nuclear Age Ended World War II
In August 1945, the U.S. dropped one of the deadliest weapons—two atomic bombs—on Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Gospel According to Marshall
In 1927 George C. Marshall took over the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning. The old system there was soon headed for the junk heap.
Air Raids Over Paris
Maurice Busset used an age-old medium—wood-block prints—to depict Germany’s terrifying air raids on Paris during World War I.
World War II’s Hunted Hero
Charles Sweeny aimed to recruit American pilots to fly for France in World War II. The FBI tried to stop him.
Vatican Intrigue: Priest Outwits Nazis
How an Irish monsignor used his Vatican office to defy fascist authorities in wartime Rome
D-Day in 16 Objects
On the 75th anniversary of Operation Neptune, a portfolio of selected armaments and artifacts
