From Space to Battlefields: 18 Innovative Devices Designed to Aid the Naked Eye
A look at some 'eye-catching' devices that helped put some important things into focus
February 2021 Readers’ Letters
Readers share dispatches about Billy the Kid's colorized tintype, Custer subordinate Frederick Benteen, transcontinental railroads, the Dakotas and horses
Uncommon Grit: Navy SEALs in Training
Take a closer look at the harsh reality of Navy SEAL training through these powerful images
Bob Hope for the Holidays
Bob Hope brought stars, jokes and smiles to troops in Vietnam with his USO Christmas show
Looking at the Korean War, 70 Years On
It has been called ‘the first war we lost,’ but South Korea’s very existence suggests otherwise
Lust for Fame Made Smut This Puritan’s Chief Stock in Trade
'Special Agent' Anthony Comstock took reporters along when he raided purveyors of porn and prophylactics
“Controlled Chaos”: Photos from U.S. Aircraft Carriers
From 1965 to 1967, Navy photographer Patrick Althizer took photos that vividly show the “controlled chaos” of aircraft takeoffs and landings.
Book Highlights WWII Germany’s Bizarre’s Obsession with Posing with Polar Bear Mascots
“It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.”
75 Years Since Hiroshima: Atomic Bomb Photos
75 years after the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan in 1945, Military History shares a closer look at atomic bombs with a stunning image gallery showing nuclear weapons testing.
When the Swartz Brothers Shot Texas
The Swartz brothers, the Lone Star State’s first family of photographers, proved their worth in Fort Worth
Senegalese Tirailleurs: The Forgotten Infantrymen of World War II
Have a question about an artifact? Ask World War II magazine.
Book Review: Photographing Texas
Texas historian Richard Selcer presents images from "Fort Worth Five" photographer John Swartz and brothers
The Advertising Photographer Who Turned His Lens to War
Whether he was shooting men's shoes or men at sea, Charles E. Kerleespared no attention to detail.
Artist Howard Cook’s Brush With Death in the South Pacific
An artist’s foxhole-level view of war during World War II.
