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Low Level, No Guns
By Robert F. DorrMajor Sam P. Bakshas woke up that morning with the secrets in his head.
Bakshas was one of the men flying B-29 Superfortress bombers from three Pacific islands—Guam, Saipan, and Tinian. Read more
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The Myth of Charles Edward Stuart (‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’)
By David Alan JohnsonIn 1948, a film called Bonnie Prince Charlie was made by Samuel Goldwyn Studios, starring David Niven as Charles Edward Stuart. Read more
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The Battle of Civitate (Civitella del Fortore)
by Terry GoreIt is true that the Normans were greatly outnumbered at the Battle of Civitate, likely by as much as two to one or more. Read more
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American Civil War Timeline – 1862: Chipping Away at the South
By William E. WelshIn 1862, Confederate forces in Virginia were enjoying a number of campaign successes, but the decisive advantage in naval power enjoyed by the Union enabled it to advance down the Mississippi, capture river forts, and conduct many coastal attacks. Read more
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Howard W. Gilmore and the USS Growler: Making the Ultimate Sacrifice
By Chuck LyonsOn February 7, 1943, while on patrol in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, U.S. Navy Commander Howard W. Gilmore, commander of the USS Growler (SS-215), and his crew carved out a place for themselves in Navy legend and set a standard of duty that is remembered in the submarine service today. Read more
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U.S. Soldiers Missing In Action: Then and Now
By Brooke C. StoddardTo its credit, the United States has been going to extraordinary lengths to reclaim its soldiers missing in action or killed. Read more
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Game Features: This War of Mine
Modern military games make war out to be callous, and emotionally arbitrary. They make the tragedy and hardship seem fun.
That’s the feeling Iraq War veteran John Keyser has about modern FPS titles like Call of Duty and Battlefield. Read more
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Medieval Knight Armor: The Iron Plate Suit of Arms
Brooke C. StoddardThe golden age of armor lasted from about 1400 to 1550. And what an age it was. Who can look at a fine suit of armor from this period and not feel a mixture of pity and awe? Read more
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Who is Julius Caesar? Facts vs Myth
By Brooke C. StoddardFew men’s names resonate after two thousand years, for it is a very long stretch of time. Read more
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François de Neufville: King Louis XIV’s Man At Flanders
by Vince HawkinsFrançois de Neufville was born in 1644 in France, the son of Nicolas de Neufville, the Marquis of Villeroi. Read more
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Photographing the Battle of Antietam
By Roy Morris, Jr.Two days after the unparalleled bloodletting at Antietam, a bushy-bearded Scottish photographer and his pudgy, clean-shaven assistant rolled onto the battlefield with their bulky stereoscopic cameras and portable darkroom. Read more
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General Anthony McAuliffe
When word of the German breakthrough in the Ardennes Forest began to move back to the rear echelons of the American command in Western Europe, General Maxwell Taylor, commanding officer of the 101st Airborne Division, was attending a conference in Washington, D.C. Read more
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Vikings had the Tools and Traits to Succeed
“The woeful inroads of heathen men made lamentable havoc in the Church of God in Holy-island, by rapine and slaughter,” reads the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, referring to the savage sacking of the island monastery off the coast of Northumbria in ad 793. Read more
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Game Features: Tom Clancy’s The Division by Ubisoft
What if you combined the best parts of Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon with a Right At Your Door-type premise?
That’s basically what you’re going to get in Tom Clancy’s The Division, the franchise’s upcoming massively multiplayer online (MMO) game. Read more
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Operation Husky: The Allied Invasion of Sicily
by Jonas GoldsteinThe necessity for another front as a diversion to German operations in the Soviet Union was early recognized by both the Western Allies and the Russians. Read more
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Normandy’s Little Victims
By Kevin HymelWar spared no one. As modern armies clashed in France’s Normandy countryside, French civilians found themselves in the crossfire or on the receiving end of bombs and heavy weapons. Read more
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Attila the Hun & The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
By Brooke C. StoddardHistory is as solid as bricks. Things happened and they can’t be changed.
But they can be seen with a fresh eye, or they can be noted for effects not apparent at the time. Read more
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William B. Hazen: The “Best-Hated Man” of the American Civil War
Quarreling With Every Officer… Even The PresidentIn the course of his 30-year military career, Hazen managed to quarrel with various superior officers, up to and including the president of the United States. Read more
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Life in the Navy: From the First Spanish Armada to Pearl Harbor
By Keith MiltonThe age of the sailing warships lasted less than three hundred years, beginning roughly with the battle of the Spanish armada against the English fleet under Howard and Drake in 1588, and ending at the Battle of Navarrino in 1827, the last major naval engagement fought completely under canvas. Read more
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Nicholas Oresko Left a Brave Legacy.
By Mike HaskewOn October 4, 2013, Nicholas Oresko passed away in an Englewood, New Jersey hospital at the age of 96. Read more
