The 1st Infantry Division Museum puts visitors into the heart of the action.   More »

Relatively few U.S. generals lost their lives in World War II.   More »

The forced relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II was a blot on the nation’s moral authority.   More »

American infantrymen carried the model 1903 Springfield rifle into battle with them for the first seven decades of the 20th century.   More »

Although injured three times, Private First Class Ralph Puhalovich served in the Big Red One from Normandy to Czechoslovakia.   More »

Five decades of mutual antagonism spark war int he Pacific and East Asia.   More »

For more than two decades, U.S. Marines fought bandits and put down political insurrections in Nicaragua—with mixed results.   More »

From a leather-covered rowboat to a streamlined modern vessel with nuclear warheads, the submarine has made great strides since its conception.   More »

Henry Lawton served in the U.S. Army for 35 years, from the Civil War to the Philippines, leading the force that captured Geronimo.   More »

Although it saw relatively short service, the Krag-Jorgensen rifle helped catapult the United States onto the world stage.   More »