Memories of Childhood in an American Internment Camp
An 84-year-old man looks back at life inside Minidoka War Relocation Center.
The 10th Mountain Division’s Deadly Uphill Battle in Italy
In 1945, the newly fielded U.S. 10th Mountain Division battled the enemy and the elements in Italy's Northern Apennines.
The Artist Who Dared to Take On the Nazis From Their Earliest Days
Grosz and Hitler were equally traumatized by Germany’s defeat—but they coped in wildly divergent ways.
Book Review: The Women Who Flew for Hitler
British historian Clare Mulley profiles the Third Reich’s leading female pilots Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg
Strong Men vs. Strongmen: When American Athletes Try to Play Fair With Totalitarian Regimes
Jesse Owens won a coup in Hitler's Germany, but today's NBA stars kowtow to China
Vincent R. Capodanno: The Padre Who Gave His All for Wounded Marines
When Peters was dead, the man the Marines called “The Grunt Padre” went back into the field of fire on his way to other wounded and dying Marines.
Book Review: The Polar Bear Expedition
James Carl Nelson recounts the North Russian Intervention, intended to keep WWI supplies sent to Russia from falling into the wrong hands
Jazzman James Reese Europe Taught White America How to Swing
After leading Harlem Hellfighters in battle, renowned band leader lost his life in backstage fracas
Remembering Rosie the Riveter in Richmond, California
California's Richmond harbor recalls an era of can-do American spirit.
Phil Lundeberg Lived Naval History, Then Taught It
"I was conscious of the Greek historian Thucydides’s prompt to write the history of which you are a part."
Book Review: The Greatest of all Leathernecks
Joseph Arthur Simon relates the U.S. Marines’ transformation into an elite force and John Lejeune’s pre-eminent role in it
10 Great POW Escapes
Capture is an occupational hazard for soldiers and escape is a POW’s duty—some even succeed with imagination and style.
