War Articles on May 22, 2013 at 19:45 ×
The Boston Globe reports: US military history is filled with units whose names not only convey a whiff of combat — 101st Airborne, First Air Cavalry, 14th Field Artillery — but also describe what the unit did on the battlefield. But what is one to make of an outfit with a name like 23d Headquarters Special Troops? That unit, consisting [...]
War Articles on April 30, 2013 at 16:45 ×
Bernie Mason spent World War II moving Army tanks, sometimes picking them up and setting them down with his bare hands. He’s not superhuman. And the tanks weren’t some ultralight secret weapon. It was combat trickery. As a 21-year-old lieutenant, Mason helped lead a handpicked unit of artists and creative thinkers who deployed and arranged highly detailed, inflatable rubber tanks [...]
Featured Article / War Articles on August 19, 2012 at 19:33 ×
Jack Stanley was a ghost during World War II. He was a master of deception, tricking enemy forces into believing the Allies were places they weren’t, spilling secrets that were really misinformation, and saving tens of thousands of lives. His Army unit didn’t officially exist during the war, or indeed, for half a century after. Stanley, of Covington, was a [...]
Featured Article / War Articles on August 7, 2012 at 10:16 ×
Jack Stanley was a ghost during World War II. He was a master of deception, tricking enemy forces into believing the Allies were places they weren’t, spilling secrets that were really misinformation, and saving tens of thousands of lives in the process. His Army unit didn’t officially exist during the war, or indeed, for half a century after. Stanley, of [...]