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At age 17 in 1944, Brooks was a cadet at Virginia Military Institute (above). By February 1945, he was posing for a photo with two Brooklyn buddies (below) before boarding a troopship bound for Europe.

Mel Brooks Goes to War

by Mel Brooks4/28/20224/28/2022

In his own words, the Hollywood legend recounts the funny and not-so-funny sides of serving as a U.S. Army combat engineer in World War II.

Jimi Hendrix Pretended to Be Gay to Get Out of the Army

by Fred L. Borch4/22/20224/27/2022

Kit Carson III, grandson of Kit Carson

EXCLUSIVE: Read and Hear Kit Carson III Describe the Fate of the Serial-Killing Espinosas

by Robert Leonetti and Daniel Sanchez-Leonetti4/21/20225/4/2022

Frontiersman Tom Tobin poses with his Hawken rifle

This Man Hunted Down the First Known Serial Killers Out West

by Daniel Sanchez-Leonetti4/21/20225/5/2022

Was Eddie Slovik Naive to Expect Clemency After Deserting the U.S. Army?

by Mark Grimsley4/14/20224/18/2022

Bob Hope’s Daughter Reflects On His World War II Letters

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher3/29/20225/4/2022

Meet the Novelist Who Was Lynched By An Angry Mob and Lived to Tell the Tale

by Peter Carlson3/24/20223/24/2022

Alexis Soyer Crimean War

A Celebrity Chef in Crimea? Meet Alexis Soyer

by Peter Snow and Richard Hayes2/25/20222/25/2022

Gary Sinise: Serving Those Who’ve Served

by Dave Kindy2/5/20224/1/2022

‘Terror on the Santa Fe Trail’ Book Review

by HistoryNet staff11/19/20214/22/2022