Civil Rights
Supreme Court OK’d Deporting Japanese-American Citizens to the Desert
Repudiated decision upheld presidential power to counter perceived national security threats
Vietnam War
One of the Most Decorated Veterans of All Time: David H. Hackworth
The record for combat decorations in Vietnam
Vietnam War
How North Vietnam Claimed More Aces Than It Really Had
North Vietnam racked up fewer aerial victories than it claimed
Vietnam War
They Shot the War
An alternative newspaper for American GIs in Vietnam offered some raw glimpses into the conflict
Vietnam War Figures
The South Vietnam Pilot Who Performed a Daring Feat To Save His Family
As his country crumbled, a South Vietnamese pilot attempting a high-risk landing on the Midway depended on the ship’s quick-thinking crew to save his family from disaster
Korean War
July 2019 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about the Korean DMZ and the sinking, 37 years apart, of the cruisers Indianapolis and Belgrano
WWII Figures
Alex Vraciu: The Indestructible WWII Ace
He shot down 19 Japanese planes. But he lost three Hellcats - they called him 'Grumman's best customer'
Vietnam War
Life as an Air America CIA Pilot in Vietnam
In September 1964, Neil Hansen began his adventure as a pilot with Air America—the CIA’s secret airline—working clandestine operations in Southeast Asia.
Korean War
Saberjet Secrets
Inadequate technical information concerning modifications to the fabled F-86 led to a series of major takeoff accidents
WWII Figures
Dick Cole, 103, Last of the Doolittle Raiders
Cole was co-pilot to famed USAAF Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle in the lead plane of 16 B-25B bombers that boldly raided targets in Japan on April 18, 1942
Vietnam Battles
The Capture of Hamburger Hill
In May 1969, U.S. soldiers paid a heavy price in America’s last great combat assault of the war. Was it worth it?
World War II
The Fanatical Colonel Tsuji
A Japanese military mastermind with a dark side, he was the force behind some critical wartime decisions and some abhorrent ones
