Oliver Otis Howard: Westward, Christian Soldier
General O.O. Howard found grace and lost an arm during the Civil War before heading west to confront Apache leader Cochise and Nez Perce Chief Joseph
Last Words of A Marine’s Friend and Hero: ‘I’m Going to Get that Gun’
Marine 1st Lt. Lee Roy Herron saved the lives of numerous Marines before being killed during a Feb. 22, 1969 battle in the A Shau Valley
Vendetta: Athens vs. Sicily
When Athens sent a massive invasion fleet against Syracuse, a merciless Sicilian vendetta followed
Breaking the Blockade Review: The Bahamas During the Civil War
During its heyday, blockade running was a systematic and, for many, a lucrative operation run by a cartel of industrious merchant princes
Lessons Learned from the Battle of Hattin, 118
King Guy of Jerusalem ignored his not only Crusader history, but also his own, leading to a catastrophic defeat
‘Does This Signed Nazi Flag Belong in a Museum?’
Curators at The National World War II Museum solve readers’ artifact mysteries.
The Tensions of a Controversial War Explode at Kent State University on May 4, 1970
The Kent State shootings reconsidered
Revolt in the Ranks: The Court-Martial of Lieutenant Colonel Lewis E. Goodier Sr.
In 1915 a group of disgruntled airmen in the U.S. Signal Corps declared war on their superiors. The consequences were far reaching
The First Chinese-American Officer in Marine Corps History Saved 8,000 Lives at the ‘Frozen Chosin’
“Perhaps the Chinese are all fatalists," said Kurt Chew-Een Lee. "I never expected to survive the war. So I was adamant that my death be honorable, be spectacular"
Online Exclusive: Hot Issues in 1918 Midterm Election Roil U.S. Politics Today
Wilson's war was almost over and women's suffrage was near, but there was a pandemic and the country was polarized over Prohibition
Book Review: Blood, Oil and the Axis
John Broich explores Britain's 1941 campaign to defend the Suez Canal and protect oil supplies from pro-fascist regimes in Iraq and Syria
No Foreign Guests This Year for Russian Victory Parade
No invitations were issued to foreign leaders to attend the 2021 Victory Parade in Moscow, the Kremlin has announced
The Last Surviving Widow of the Civil War
A Missouri woman sacrificed much of her own life to help an aged Union veteran
Cold Harbor Coda
The Second Battle of Haw’s Shop gave the Union Army a needed reprieve during the unabated slaughter of June 3, 1864
Relics and Graves of the Civil War
You don’t have to look far to find traces of Patrick Cleburne in Tennessee
Nightmare on the Western Front
In 1918 E. Allen Pastelnick recounted some of his most harrowing experiences in World War I in a letter to his former history professor
