We anchored just off of Utah Beach
World War II service of Merchant Marine saved for posterity June 6, 1944: The Allied invasion of Normandy begins. This date, known as “D-Day,” generally…
MUST READ – Commander Rudder (2nd Rangers) 10 years later – I Took My Son to Pointe Du Hoc and Omaha Beach
FROM HISTORIES OF THE NORMANDY LANDINGS PREPARED BY THE ARMY HISTORICAL DIVISION. – By W. C. HEINZ Thank you to our friends at OldMagazineArticles.com for…
‘A floating gas station’
Russellville veteran describes service aboard USS Hassayampa By Jeremy P. Amick As the co-owner of a restaurant, Dana Frisby is fortunate that he is able…
D-Day 360 – by Phil Hodges
D-Day 360 Our resident universal soldier, Phil Hodges, tells us about filming a groundbreaking documentary for PBS. After years on the drawing board, D-Day was…
‘You learn to adjust’ – Army veteran served as medic during the Vietnam War
Army veteran served as medic during the Vietnam War By Jeremy P. Ämick For nearly three decades, Roger Buchta enlightened young minds with lessons on…
A German immersion – Vietnam era draft lands local veteran in middle of European culture
Vietnam era draft lands local veteran in middle of European culture By Jeremy P. Amick Growing up with a father who had served in the…
DEEP WATER, DARK SECRETS: REASSESSING THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE TONKIN GULF INCIDENT – Part 4
By 1984 the waters had been sufficiently muddied as to the legitimacy of the evidence pointing to a second attack, and with it, incidentally, the…
A WHEATCROFT PANTHER’S PROGRESS – Leicestershire, 2014 by Mark Barnes
We were delighted to be invited by the Wheatcroft Collection to attend the Engine Start-Up day when the Maybach power unit to be fitted into…
DEEP WATER, DARK SECRETS: REASSESSING THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE TONKIN GULF INCIDENT – Part 3
Part 1: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/articles/deep-water-dark-secrets-reassessing-historiography-tonkin-gulf-incident-part-1.html Part 2: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/articles/deep-water-dark-secrets-reassessing-historiography-tonkin-gulf-incident-part-2.html Equally helpful in trying to unravel the Tonkin mystery at the time was John Galloway’s 1970 work The Gulf of Tonkin…
A farmer’s war – Family strives to preserve memory of father’s World War I service
By Jeremy P. Amick At the point of his passing in 2011, having reached the age of 110, Frank Buckles had become somewhat of a…
DEEP WATER, DARK SECRETS: REASSESSING THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE TONKIN GULF INCIDENT – Part 2
JOHN MORELLO, PH.D. SENIOR PROFESSOR OF HISTORY DEVRY UNIVERSITY ADDISON, IL Part 1: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/articles/deep-water-dark-secrets-reassessing-historiography-tonkin-gulf-incident-part-1.html When Maddox first appeared in the Tonkin Gulf on August 1, 1964,…
DEEP WATER, DARK SECRETS: REASSESSING THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE TONKIN GULF INCIDENT – Part 1
JOHN MORELLO, PH.D. SENIOR PROFESSOR OF HISTORY DEVRY UNIVERSITY ADDISON, IL It wasn’t long after the events of August 2-4, 1964 that questions arose about…