‘The York Patrol’ Book Review
James Carl Nelson delivers an interesting yet imperfect account of the WWI American hero and the trials that befell him over the years
How One of the Smartest U.S. Presidents Crashed and Burned
The Great Depression made a laughing stock of 'Great Engineer' Herbert Hoover's faith in efficiency
‘Never Forget’ Rose Created for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Centennial
“Having a rose named Never Forget will be a reminder and help to perpetuate the message that we must never forget; that we are united with and honor all those served and sacrificed on behalf of America in times of war and armed conflict"
Book Review: Empires of the Sky
Alexander Rose touches on the WWI zeppelin raids and how manned flight became a big business in the early 20th century
The War Correspondent Who Made Belleau Wood — and the Marine Corps — Immortal
Floyd Gibbons made history when his dispatch got past the wartime censor
Arthur Guy Empey: The Rise and Fall of a Self-Made Hero of WWI
Arthur Guy Empey parlayed his brief service in World War I into a best-selling book and a career in Hollywood. Then he lost everything.
Christmas Truce: The Western Front in 1914
In the lead-up to Christmas 1914 soldiers on either side of the Western Front no man’s land set aside fear and their weapons to exchange surreal holiday greetings.
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
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
Book Review: The Secret History of Soldiers
Tim Cook assesses the performance and staying power of the Canadian Corps during World War I
Italy’s African Eagle
East African orphan Domenico Mondelli won the Italian Armed Forces Silver Medal for Military Valor in World War I
Book Review: Dorwart’s History of the ONI
Jeffrey Dorwart's in-depth history of the Office of Naval Intelligence draws on archival material, memoirs and gripping interviews
M1903 Springfield
American gun designers modeled this combat rifle after the Mauser M1893 used by enemy troops during the 1898 Spanish-American War
Book Review: The Imperial Russian Army
Roger Reese examines how the imperial army's failures contributed to Russia's post–World War I collapse into chaos and communism
