The Other 9/11: The Battle of Brandywine, 1777
Fresh from their major victory in New York City, the British looked to crush the fledgling nation in 1777 with a two-pronged offensive
When His Sister Came to Vietnam, This Door Gunner Left the Central Highlands For a Rare Family Reunion
Michael Kelley of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) had a brief respite from combat duty visiting his sister at Nha Trang near the South China Sea
Yank Magazine Created A Unique Record of American Soldiers’ Roles in World War II
From June 1942 through 1945 frontline American soldiers filed stories and photographed World War II and its aftermath for a select readership—themselves
Army Pilot Recalls Fights in Vietnam—and With Pentagon
In 2008, Tallon was finally awarded a Purple Heart, which he had not received because his plane’s crash was officially characterized as a “non-hostile” accident
The French Village of Saint-Marcel Bears the Scars of One Dark Day
As the Allies fought their way inland from Normandy’s beaches in 1944, French fighters in Brittany distracted German forces by launching a guerrilla campaign codenamed “Operation Dingson.”
Cowpens National Battlefield: Then and Now
Managed by the National Park Service, Cowpens National Battlefield features battle relics and relates the story of an unlikely American victory
Ernie Pyle in the Blitz
The famed American reporter went on a personal mission to Britain to relate the extraordinary deeds of ordinary people in wartime
Largely Destroyed in World War II, the Polish City of Szczecin Thrives Today
In June 1938, Adolf Hitler paid a visit to the then-German city, a stronghold of the Nazi movement.
Bladensburg Battlefield: Then and Now
A closer look at the battleground of Bladensburg, Md., where a British victory exposed the capital of the United States to invasion
Driven Out By Railroads, Steamboats Rolled Big Profits on the Colorado River
Facing being pushed out by booming railroad companies, steamboats banked on making the Colorado, a desert river, the Mississippi of the West
‘Columbus Day’: How the Celebration of the Famed Explorer Became Controversial
Columbus's role in the murder of Indigenous tribes has called into question whether the famous explorer deserves a day to be celebrated.
A Man, A Mission, And The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Chickie Donohue hauled a burlap bag of beer from New York to his friends in Vietnam
Top 8 Civil War Landmarks to Check Out in Historic Baltimore
Learn more about Baltimore's Civil War past, when Southern sympathizers attacked Union troops in April 1861—the war’s first blood drawn in action
Taking Stock of General MacArthur’s Legacy in Norfolk, Virginia
Douglas MacArthur lived all over the world, but his family history brought him back to the Chesapeake.
Letter From Wild West — October 2021
Crossing Indian country through what would become Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico, the old Santa Fe Trail opened in 1821
To Honor the Fallen: Veterans in 1984 Organized a Triathlon to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
How a team of four veteran athletes went on a cross-country quest to the Vietnam Wall to honor the fallen
