Volume 27, No. 2
COVER: Pointing his M-16 in the direction of incoming enemy fire, squad leader Richard Champion, 11th Light Infantry Brigade, shouts commands to his squad while on patrol in Vietnam.
Summer 2025
Military Heritage, Editorial
In the title role of the film classic Patton, actor George C. Scott utters words to the effect that fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man. Read more
Summer 2025
Military Heritage, Weapons
Marine Private Jim McGarrah arrived at Phu Bai in South Vietnam in late 1967 and was sent to what was euphemistically called “The Rockpile,” a firebase that overlooked the Demilitarized Zone between South and North Vietnam. Read more
Summer 2025
Military Heritage, Valor
For anyone in Germany who openly opposed Adolf Hitler or the policies of the Nazi party there were three likely outcomes—prison, concentration camp, or execution. Read more
Summer 2025
Military Heritage, Uniform
Cap: French chasseur-style gray kepi with blue band.
Coat: Military-style butternut colored greatcoat with brass buttons.
Backpack: Box hardpack knapsack, tarred canvas and leather with wood frame. Read more
Summer 2025
Military Heritage, Soldiers
Yearning for more out of life than a woman could hope for in her place and time, Deborah Sampson took the only opportunity she could see to fully realize her patriotic ambitions and wanderlust—she cut her waist-length blonde hair, put on men’s clothes and joined the Continental Army to fight for the embryonic country’s independence during the American Revolution. Read more
Summer 2025
Military Heritage
Faith of the Fathers: The Comprehensive History of Catholic Chaplains in the Civil War (Rev. Robert J. Read more
Summer 2025
Military Heritage, Simulation Gaming
If grand strategy is your bread and butter, your plate is going to be especially loaded with the impending return of the Europa Universalis series. Read more
Summer 2025
Military Heritage, Simulation Gaming
Developer and publisher Dumbbell Games released the aerial combat game Metal Thunder in Early Access on Steam back in November 2024. Read more
Summer 2025
Military Heritage
When his pickets reported Federal troops up ahead in the small crossroads of Dranesville, Virginia, Brig. Gen. J.E.B. Read more
Summer 2025
Military Heritage
What nation of Asia, did not Xerxes lead against Hellas? —Herodotus
On the Doricus, the vast Thracian plain and beach on the Aegean coast, rose a stronghold. Read more
Summer 2025
Military Heritage
Unexpected maneuvers by British Admiral George Brydges Rodney had scrambled the traditional engagement formation of the two fleets. Read more
Summer 2025
Military Heritage
One of the supreme ironies of World War II was that the outcome of the Allied invasion of France, and ultimately the fate of the European Theater, would be decided by two men—one a highly decorated veteran, the other untested in combat—and it would be the latter that eventually triumphed. Read more
Summer 2025
Military Heritage
The first two tanks crossed the small Changnung river in one piece. As the third was splashing across, though, it hit a mine the first two had barely missed. Read more
Summer 2025
Military Heritage
Just a few hours beyond sunset, the Anglo-Egyptian army stopped to rest, officers and men stretching out on blankets on the desert floor. Read more
