
Spanish-American War
Private Correspondence from the Fight for Guantanamo Bay
by A.B. FeuerOn June 17, 1898, Private Henry Schrieder was a member of a scouting patrol that captured a Spanish messenger attempting to reach Santiago. Read more
Spanish-American War
On June 17, 1898, Private Henry Schrieder was a member of a scouting patrol that captured a Spanish messenger attempting to reach Santiago. Read more
Spanish-American War
The fading daylight of August 6, 1942, found the American heavy cruisers Astoria and Chicago as part of Task Force 61, under the command of Vice Admiral Jack Fletcher, steaming toward the South Pacific island of Guadalcanal. Read more
Spanish-American War
Twenty miles outside Washington, D.C., at Quantico, Virginia, motorists traveling on Interstate 95 will come upon an unusual building that is clearly visible, day or night. Read more
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American General George S. Patton, Jr., and German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel both demonstrated the masterful employment of armored forces in many World War II military campaigns. Read more
Spanish-American War
The capture of Guantànamo Bay, Cuba, by U.S. Marines in 1898 was a brief but violent phase of the Spanish-American War. Read more
Spanish-American War
In the 1939 movie The Real Glory, elite U.S. Army officers arrive in the southern Philippines to mold the Filipinos into a military force to defend their villages against marauding Moro tribesmen. Read more
Spanish-American War
Modern military camouflage has gone high tech, with digicam or “digital camouflage” being the preferred pattern for soldiers in the field. Read more
Spanish-American War
On August 3, 1864, near Atlanta, Georgia, Captain Henry Lawton of Indiana led a group of Union skirmishers in a charge against Confederate rifle pits. Read more
Spanish-American War
The khaki-clad soldiers wounded in the steaming jungles of Cuba during the Spanish-American War had distinct advantages over their Civil War brethren. Read more
Spanish-American War
In central New York, 50 miles north of New York City on the Hudson River, is a small spit of land known as Bannerman Island. Read more
Spanish-American War
Safe behind its ocean barriers, the United States paid scant attention to the wars that raged abroad during the early 19th century, taking little notice of the lessons that might have been learned from the European experience with mass killing. Read more
Spanish-American War
During the era in which the Krag Jorgensen rifle came into its own, an arms race was in effect among the nations of Europe. Read more
Spanish-American War
According to The History Channel’s Tales of the Gun, the Mauser 98 was “the best bolt action rifle ever made.” Read more
Spanish-American War
On the morning of February 23, 1945, on the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima, a 40-man patrol gathered at the 5th Marine Division headquarters for their final briefing with battalion commander Lt. Read more
Spanish-American War
By the end of the 19th century, the United States had grown into one of the major players on the international stage. Read more