The U.S. Coast Guard: One of World War II’s Unsung Heroes
Some quarter of a million men and women served in this military branch during the war and made a significant contribution to Allied victory.
Type 89 Heavy Grenade Discharger
The ‘knee mortar’ fired either a fragmentation grenade or a 50 mm shell that detonated on contact
How Communist Propaganda Efforts Helped this American POW in Vietnam
“I was looking for any way for my family to know I was alive," Dewey Wayne Waddell recalled
A Controversial Question: What was the communists’ objective at Khe Sanh in 1968?
Actually, North Vietnam had several motives, some rarely discussed in the literature of the war.
Meet the WWII Navy Vet Who Survived 26 Combat Crossings
“In rough seas, it was really a clambake, with ships all over the place," recalls Douglas Burgess, who served on destroyer escort USS Brough during the Battle of the Atlantic.
Saving Sammy B: A Frigate’s Heroic Legacy
"I looked aft, and everything behind the mast was just a wall of flame, towering up into the sky"
Humor Out at Sea: The Naval Tradition of Zapping
A time-honored naval tradition of wholly embarrassing a pilot while simultaneously causing significant paint damage to a plane worth millions
How Afghanistan’s ‘Rugs of War’ Helped Its Citizens Tell the Story of Conflict
Decades of armed conflict in Afghanistan have transformed the iconography of one of the country’s traditional art forms
Stolen Treasure: The Lost Amber Room of Russia
A sparkling room built for Russian royalty became a mystery after it was stolen by the Nazis during World War II
Nation’s Oldest Medal of Honor Recipient Dies at 99
Coolidge received the Medal of Honor on June 18, 1945
USS Midway on Display
A San Diego museum showcases one of the Vietnam War’s most famous aircraft carriers
May 2021 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about Ted Williams' wartime service and the 1842 mutiny aboard USS Somers
Wartime Railroaders Confronted a Tenacious Enemy in the Wilds of Alaska and Yukon Territories
Engineer Railway Detachment 96446A braved blizzards and treacherous terrain while moving vital war materiel inland.
Thousands of Name Errors Possible in New Korean War Remembrance Wall, Advocates Fear
Volunteer researchers estimate there are some 2,000 name discrepancies
‘Shooting Midnight Cowboy’ Review: Behind The Scenes of Hollywood’s Famous Rhinestone Bromance
Midnight Cowboy: The best film that should never have been made
