Bob Hope for the Holidays
Bob Hope brought stars, jokes and smiles to troops in Vietnam with his USO Christmas show
Book Review: Ian Fleming’s Inspiration
Edward Smith relates the wartime naval intelligence work of Ian Fleming, British author of the James Bond series of spy novels
Museum Purchases Artifact that Rewrites British Army’s Racial History
A World War I plaque indicates that Euan Lucie-Smith was the first multiracial officer commissioned in the British Army
WWII Escape Maps Might be the World’s Most Unique Fashion Statement
Wedding gowns made from escape maps are the new black
Himmler’s ‘Temple’: How the SS stole a cathedral and used it as a Nazi worship site
Obsessed with an ancient king, Heinrich Himmler hunted for a skeleton, held ghostly candlelit ceremonies in a crypt, and transformed a medieval church into a sinister SS temple
82nd Airborne’s Special Relationship with D-Day Village Endures Virtually Amid Pandemic
COVID may have stopped the festivities, but not the spirit of the annual D-Day commemoration
January 2021 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about Douglas MacArthur, the proximity fuze, the Battle of Britain and Baltimore war veterans
‘Swedish K’ Submachine Gun
Commonly known as the “Swedish K,” the Karl Gustav m/45 was popular with SOG and other U.S. special operations units for its compactness and reliability
Book Review: Pershing’s Lieutenants
Douglas Mastriano recounts the key officers who helped Black Jack Pershing lead the U.S. Army to victory in WWI
Hessian Troopers: Myth and Reality
Hessians earned a scary reputation in America - even inspiring the "Headless Horseman" of Sleepy Hollow. But history shows these German soldiers were not so intimidating
Gen. Lee’s Statue to be Removed from the Capitol—One Historian Argues Gen. Marshall Should Replace Him
"If anyone should be standing at the elbow of George Washington in the United States Capitol Statuary Hall collection, it should be Marshall.”
How a Roman-Era Rapunzel Became the Patron Saint of Artillery
Saint Barbara, beheaded by her own father, became the patron saint of artillery
