Pox Americana: The Epidemic that Tore Through Washington’s Army
An epidemic ripped through the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Caleb Haskell lived to write about it
Journalist Roelif Loveland’s Searing Account of D-Day
'Flak began to come pretty soon … but the expression on the face of the kid from Cleveland who was piloting the plane did not change in the slightest degree'
Who Knew? The Art Deco Building in Gettysburg that Housed German POWs During WWII
What’s this striking art deco building doing in the middle of the nation’s most important Civil War battlefield?
Ernest Peixotto: The Enlisted WWI Artist on the Western Front
When the United States entered World War I in 1917, Ernest Peixotto was eager to lend his hand to the effort
Man v. Mosquito: How Walter Reed Cured Yellow Fever
U.S. Army doctor Walter Reed helped the world conquer yellow fever—and earned an enduring place in history
The Gun that Started the Great War: The Browning M1910
On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb nationalist, used an M1910 to shoot Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Tempest in Texas: The Controversial Courts-Martial of an All-Black Regiment
A few months after the United States entered World War I, another war broke out in Houston
The Race to the Rhine: How the U.S. 79th Division Took Down the Nazis
In World War II, the U.S. Army’s 79th Infantry Division slugged its way through one Nazi stronghold after another
A Hep Cat in Patton’s Army
Dave Brubeck’s career as a jazz icon was powerfully shaped by his experiences as a soldier-musician in World War II
The Acclaimed British EM-2 Rifle Was Built by a Polish Immigrant
The weapon he produced included modern features that taken together broke the mold for a standard service rifle
The 9 Most Memorable Surprise Attacks that Caught the Enemy Off Guard
These memorable instances of cunning and ingenuity demonstrate that, in warfare, there’s nothing like catching the enemy off guard
The Nightingale’s Lament: Poetry of Rebellion
A poet's tribute to Indian soldiers who lost their lives fighting for Britain in World War I
Revolt in the Ranks: The Court-Martial of Lieutenant Colonel Lewis E. Goodier Sr.
In 1915 a group of disgruntled airmen in the U.S. Signal Corps declared war on their superiors. The consequences were far reaching
Nightmare on the Western Front
In 1918 E. Allen Pastelnick recounted some of his most harrowing experiences in World War I in a letter to his former history professor
‘Our Prisoners’: A Journalist Reports on Andersonville
The atrocities, the Times said, “would make the blood of a cannibal run cold”
