Medal of Honor Reflects America’s Diverse Ethnic Heritage
We tell the story of how Sergeant Roger Donlon earned the Congressional Medal of Honor in this issue. He was the first participant in the Vietnam War to receive the medal. Read more
World War I Comes to Life in a Virtual-reality Experience Narrated by Historian and Podcaster Dan Carlin
By Joseph LusterSometimes, a game comes along that can’t quite be categorized in the same way as all the others. Read more
Former Marine John “Chick” Donohue went to South Vietnam in 1968 not to fight, but to take messages of support to his friends, as well as to bring them beer.
By Christopher MiskimonJohn “Chick” Donohue stood in the chaos of the American embassy in Saigon in early 1968 as the Tet Offensive raged around it. Read more
The RAF’s Dambusting Lancaster Bomber
By John E. SpindlerIn the summer of 2018 a British father and son who were catching crabs along Reculver Beach in Kent stumbled upon a historical item of intense value. Read more
Sinking Japanese Submarine I-1
By Bruce PettyGordon Bridson was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1909, but shortly thereafter his family moved to Auckland, where he attended Auckland Grammar School. Read more
Fetterman Massacre on the Bozeman Trail
By David A. NorrisThe U.S. cavalrymen posted at Fort Laramie in the Dakota Territory on Christmas Day 1866 celebrated the holiday with a full dress garrison ball despite subzero temperatures and more than a foot of snow on the ground. Read more
The Fight for Bougainville
By Michael E. HaskewThe bloody fight for Guadalcanal, where the string of Japanese conquests in the Pacific had finally run its course, was a turning point of World War II. Read more
D-Day Assault on Juno Beach
By Nathan N. PreferMost students of World War II know that there were five invasion beaches included in Operation Overlord, the invasion of northwestern Europe, on June 6, 1944. Read more
Jimmy Doolittle: The Warrior from Shangri-La
By Michael D. HullShortly after the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt remarked that he would like to bomb the enemy homeland in revenge as soon as possible. Read more
Canadian Valor at the Battle of Amiens
By Mike PhiferThe drone of a Royal Air Force bomber could be heard overhead in the early morning of August 8, 1918, as it flew up and down the Allied line near Amiens, France. Read more
What the Devil’s Brigade Did in World War II
By Michael D. HullWhen General George C. Marshall visited London in April 1942, the new chief of the British Combined Operations Command, Lord Louis Mountbatten, introduced him to a “very odd-looking individual … [who] talks well and may have an important contribution to make.” Read more
August Military Games
By Joseph LusterWe’ve previously covered the original Panzer Corps, which is a fantastic and, at this point, classic entry in the realm of PC strategy games. Read more
Witness to Okinawa
By Christopher MiskimonOn April 1, 1945, Major Arthur Shaw leaned against the railing of an attack transport ship and stared into the distance at the island of Okinawa. Read more
Rebel Gamble at Nashville
By Frank Jastrzembski“Oh, the Lord, Henry but didn’t the Rebs get the devil sure enough,” Private Charles Grundy of the 10th Illinois Infantry Regiment wrote to a friend three days after the conclusion of the Battle of Nashville fought December 15-16, 1864. Read more
Clash of Heavy Tanks at Cologne
By Christopher MiskimonSergeant Nicholas Mashlonik watched closely as the Panzerkampfwagen (PzKpfw) VI Tiger heavy tank rampaged through the village of Elsdorf in the Rhineland-Westphalia region of Germany on February 27, 1945. Read more
Remembering D-Day
By Michael E. HaskewFew events in human history have been so fraught with drama as the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Read more
USS West Virginia survived Pearl Harbor to reach Tokyo Bay.
Her wounds had been grievous that morning in 1941, when Japanese torpedo bombers swept low over the shallow waters of Pearl Harbor and unleashed their deadly cargoes at the easy targets moored along Battleship Row. Read more
The A-6 Intruder in Vietnam
By Christopher MiskimonIt was dark and difficult to see on the night of April 18, 1966, but the U.S. Navy was counting on that. Read more
German Bombing of Bath
By Tim MillerOn Monday evening, April 27, 1942, Kathleen Stainer and her family readied themselves for sleep in the English countryside. Read more
Recording the Pearl Harbor Attack
Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, California was established by the U.S. Army in 1914 as a Coast Artillery installation to defend the harbors of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Read more
