Nikita Khrushchev Details the Cuban Missile Crisis
In his memoir, excerpted in LIFE magazine in January 1971, Khrushchev writes that the 1962 crisis was a “triumph of Soviet foreign policy and a personal triumph"
A 99-Year-Old World War II Veteran Finally Gets His Medals
His wounds, severe enough to send him home, were listed in unit paperwork. But in the blur of wartime bureaucracy, they were lost
The Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 Cited in Latest Legal Action Against Capitol Agitators
House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), cited the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 to pursue legal action aimed at those who participated in the January 6 attack on the Capitol
Yank, the Army Weekly Magazine Proves that Military Humor Transcends Generations
Once you see Joe DiMaggio holding a pineapple, you can never unsee it
After Decades-Long Delay, One of the First Black Special Forces Officers May Be Awarded Medal of Honor
The Army “somehow lost the nomination.” Twice.
Sailor Tattoos Through the Ages
The onset of World War II and the vast expansion of Naval personnel ushered in a new era of the tatted tradition
Britain’s Secret Weapon: The 13-Year-Old Schoolgirl Who Helped Win the Battle of Britain
The Luftwaffe met their match with the teenage Hazel Hill
The War Correspondent Who Made Belleau Wood — and the Marine Corps — Immortal
Floyd Gibbons made history when his dispatch got past the wartime censor
Angelina Jolie to Sell the Only Painting Created by Winston Churchill During WWII
It’s the celebrity gossip military historians didn’t know they needed — until now.
Honoring Anna Mae Robertson and the ‘Six Triple Eight,’ WWII’s First and Only All-Black Female Battalion
With the motto, 'no mail, low morale,' the battalion tackled a two-year backlog of mail in 1945
Captain Sir Tom Moore, WWII Vet Who Raised Nearly $40 Million for the NHS, Dies at 100
"You've inspired the whole nation, and I know we are all wishing you a full recovery" tweeted Prime Minister Boris Johnson
The ‘Japanese Schindler’ Who Saved Thousands of Lives During the Holocaust
The Japanese diplomat is credited with saving the lives of as many as 6,000 Jewish men, women, and children prior to 1941
Coming to TV: ‘Daughters of Kobani’ & the All-Female Militia that Took on ISIS — and Won
Fierce combat waged against ISIS fighters hellbent on savage dominion was ravaging Syria in 2014 when a revolution unlike any other — and one unknown to much of the world — began turning the tide of the conflict.
The Saint of Auschwitz
Maximilian Kolbe volunteered to replace a Polish soldier from certain death in Auschwitz
