Vietnam War
They Shot the War
An alternative newspaper for American GIs in Vietnam offered some raw glimpses into the conflict
World War I
From Ambulance Driver to Fighter Pilot
In 1914, as World War I erupted across Europe, James “Mac” McConnell knew he could no longer stay on the sidelines
WWII Figures
‘This Is What Hell Is Like’: 74 Years Ago, My Grandfather-in-Law Liberated the Dachau Concentration Camp
It was April 29, 1945, a cold, damp day when a 19-year-old private and his fellow soldiers got orders to liberate a Nazi concentration camp called Dachau.
World War I
How Great Britain’s Secret Disinformation Campaign Paid Off In World War I
In 1914, days after it declared war on Germany, Great Britain set up a secret propaganda bureau to help defeat the enemy
American Civil War
Lincoln’s Magician
In 1864 Harry Cooke performed for the president. Soon he was spying for the Union army
WWII Figures
Conversation with Dick Cole, the Last of the Doolittle Raiders
A conversation with Dick Cole who copiloted the lead B-25 with Doolittle in the famous 1942 raid...
World War II
War Stories | Bourbon Man at Breakneck Ridge
In 1944 a 30-year-old tank commander from a well-known Kentucky whiskey family made a name for himself at the Battle of Leyte
American Independence
Laws of War | A Neck for a Neck?
In 1782, just a few years into its nationhood, the United States was forced to grapple with the issue of revenge as an instrument of war
WWII Figures
Experience | Tanks for the Memories
In 1918 Captain George S. Patton Jr. sent his wife, Beatrice, a blow-by-blow account of his role in the Saint-Mihiel offensive
Mag: MHQ Featured
The Waste of War
Lethal diseases have ravaged militaries across the millennia. Enemy No. 1: poor sanitation
Global War on Terror
Classic Dispatches | Highway to Hell
Michael Kelly went to war, as a journalist, on his own terms
Mag: MHQ Featured
Behind the Lines | Torture by Water
Throughout the ages, water-based forms of torture have gone by many euphemisms, but the intent has nearly always been the same
