Volume 3, No. 1
Cover: Painting by Don Troiani, Historical Art Prints.
August 2001
Military Heritage
At the start of the Battle of Amiens, Sergeant Paul Maze was in a forward observation post not a thousand yards from the front, peering into the darkness for any signs of enemy activity. Read more
August 2001
Military Heritage
The Carthaginian hero Hannibal Barca has long been considered to have possessed one of history’s greatest military minds. Read more
August 2001
Military Heritage
Robert the Bruce, self-proclaimed King of the Scots, grasped his axe as the heavily armored English nobleman, a member of the vanguard of the 20,000-strong English army, bore down upon him, lance leveled and clods of earth arching from his charger’s hoofs. Read more
August 2001
Military Heritage
Most Indian battles were small affairs, often company-sized engagements. Many were fought between equally numbered forces, or if disproportional, the U.S. Read more
August 2001
Military Heritage
On March 4, 1861, with war clouds threatening the land, Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated the 16th president of the United States. Read more
August 2001
Military Heritage
As the nine C-47s flew closer to the drop zone, the lead plane descended to an altitude of four hundred feet. Read more
August 2001
Military Heritage
Within a week of the Los Baños raid, paratroopers from Burgess’s 1st Battalion moved back into the Los Baños area to occupy the region. Read more
August 2001
Military Heritage, Editorial
Days before the impending Battle of Trafalgar, a sailor on Horatio Nelson’s flagship Victory was so busy ensuring that each man’s letters home were secured for dispatch on a vessel bound for England that he forgot until after the ship had sailed that he hadn’t included his own. Read more
August 2001
Military Heritage, Communique
Dear Editor,
It is unfortunate James K. Swisher relied so heavily on unreliable secondary material on Patrick Ferguson. As a Scottish historian and author of a forthcoming book on Patrick Ferguson, I have worked on 21 years’ worth of his personal letters and wish to make some corrections. Read more
August 2001
Military Heritage, Soldiers
Oddly, the fall of the brilliant King Gustavus Adolphus on the field of battle marked both the beginning of Sweden’s rise to power and the end of one of the most aggressive ages of military reform. Read more
August 2001
Military Heritage, Weapons
For much of its history, artillery has been a weapon of mass destruction and attrition, a force designed to cause casualties, destroy fortifications, and wear an enemy down with its noise, explosions, and shrapnel. Read more
August 2001
Military Heritage, Intelligence
Today’s Navy SEALs (for Sea, Air, and Land special warfare experts) have a history shrouded in secrecy. Commissioned in 1962, they are the most elite shore-area Special Forces in the world, concentrating on very select and often-clandestine intelligence gathering and precision strike missions. Read more
August 2001
Military Heritage, Militaria
And here we have the Sam Browne belt assembly,” explained the sergeant who was showing us around the Police Academy. Read more
August 2001
Military Heritage, Books
Patrick K. O’Donnell, founder of The Drop Zone, an award-winning Web site that is a virtual community for veterans of World War II, makes his mark as an author in a dramatic and poignant oral history. Read more
August 2001
Military Heritage, Games
B-17: Flying Fortress—The Mighty Eighth from Hasbro Interactive lets players recreate the exploits of the U.S. 8th Air Force during World War II. Read more
