These 5 Nations Joined Forces With the U.S. in Vietnam
Nearly 40 countries provided material support, but a handful contributed numerous soldiers
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
July 2019 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about the Korean DMZ and the sinking, 37 years apart, of the cruisers Indianapolis and Belgrano
Alex Vraciu: The Indestructible WWII Ace
He shot down 19 Japanese planes. But he lost three Hellcats - they called him 'Grumman's best customer'
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.
Saberjet Secrets
Inadequate technical information concerning modifications to the fabled F-86 led to a series of major takeoff accidents
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
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?
The Fanatical Colonel Tsuji Stopped at Nothing to Secure Victory
A Japanese military mastermind with a dark side, he was the force behind some critical wartime decisions and some abhorrent ones
When Influenza Truly Went Viral
The 1918-19 flu pandemic killed 10s of millions, and scientists still are looking for a cure
Book Review: The Pirate World
Angus Konstam recounts the history of maritime outlawry as far back as the second millennium BC
