Volume 26, No. 2
Cover: Captain Larry W. Bass, of the 4th Infantry Division, leads a patrol in search of Viet Cong and NVA soldiers in the Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam, in October 1967. See story page 26. Photo: National Archives.
Summer 2024
Military Heritage
By January 1967, the buildup of Communist forces in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) convinced Gen. William Westmoreland that a large-scale incursion by North Vietnam’s People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) was only a matter of time. Read more
Summer 2024
Military Heritage
More than 300 years ago Russia was a supine giant convulsing internally from factionalism, making it difficult to resist hostile incursions, until 23-year-old Crown Prince Peter I ascended to the tsarist throne in 1696. Read more
Summer 2024
Military Heritage
Apprised of an approaching LCM full of VIPs, the beachmaster surveyed his busy dock full of ships loading and unloading troops and supplies at Red Beach on the Philippine island of Leyte. Read more
Summer 2024
Military Heritage
In the fall of 1862, Confederate armies were making their first and only coordinated effort to carry the war into the North. Read more
Summer 2024
Military Heritage
In January 871 Alfred, prince of the Saxon kingdom of Wessex, waited for his brother in the tense moments before battle. Read more
Summer 2024
Military Heritage
Robert Morris Peck was strolling the streets of Cincinnati one brisk November day when a yellow poster outside a boarding house caught his eye. Read more
Summer 2024
Military Heritage
Across a broad valley near the Greek village of Leuctra, the summer sun beat down on 16,000 anxious Greek warriors. Read more
Summer 2024
Military Heritage, Editorial
War is a terrible thing to study, but under the assumption that fresh ones are in the offing, such study is at least instructive and at best useful. Read more
Summer 2024
Military Heritage, Valor
In the early hours of May 15, 1918, U.S. Army Corporal Henry Johnson and Private Needham Roberts sat in an outpost along the French lines at the western edge of the Argonne Forest. Read more
Summer 2024
Military Heritage, Weapons
Korean General Kwon Yul shouted the one-word order down the hill. Scarcely had it left his lips before it was lost in a deafening crash. Read more
Summer 2024
Military Heritage, Uniform
Headgear: The steel Brodie helmet became standard by July 1916.
Uniform: Khaki woolen 1902 Pattern Service Dress Tunic and Trousers.
Gas Mask: His gas mask, called a gas helmet, is in a canvas bag slung under his left arm. Read more
Summer 2024
Military Heritage, Soldiers
News arrived in the capital city that the British army had defeated a hastily-gathered and rag-tag collection of American soldiers, sailors, militiamen, and government clerks in Maryland at Bladensburg. Read more
Summer 2024
Military Heritage, Books
The Showman: Inside the Invasion that Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky (Simon Schuster, William Morrow, New York NY, 2024, 363 pp., Read more
Summer 2024
Military Heritage, Games
Developer and publisher Klabater’s Heliborne first took to the skies back in 2017, eventually paving the way for an enhanced edition. Read more
Summer 2024
Military Heritage, Games
Spiderling Studios first launched physics building war game Besiege on Steam in February 2020, bringing with it plenty of ways to challenge both the computer and likeminded players in simulation combat. Read more
