Jeff Edwards

Jeff Edwards is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE

Articles by Jeff Edwards:

Fought Japanese in China When 15, Then Franco in Spain and In WWII Europe, Killed 6 Germans and Took 2 POW During a Heroic Charge, Awarded MoH in 1997

One look at the life of Medal of Honor recipient Edward Allen Carter and it doesn’t take you long to realize that this was a…

The wounded Arkansas NFL Legend who saved his Battalion’s Position

The world of sports is often said to serve as but a shadow or reflection of war.  There are physical rigors, stressful scenarios, and often…

Padre Foote Stayed Behind After The Dieppe Fiasco & The Only Canadian Chaplain To Be Awarded The Victoria Cross

It is hard to imagine a soldier retreating from a position of certain safety for the explicit purpose of getting captured, but that is exactly…

The Last of 4 Brothers to See Combat, Captain Jay Vargas Was Awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam

It can easily be said that fighting is a family affair when it comes to military service. It is not uncommon for sons to follow…

Tackling a Suicide Bomber Captain Florent Groberg Saved Lives and Was Awarded the Medal of Honor

Soldiers in war are repeatedly faced with complex decision making under stressful and ambiguous circumstances – with life and death hanging in the balance. The…

Screaming at Senior Officers “to hell with this, who’ll come with me” Kiwi Jack Hinton Earned the Victoria Cross in Greece

It has often been mused that the worst soldiers in the garrison make the best soldiers on the battlefield. It would seem that while some…

General “The Auk” Auchinleck Squared Off With The Desert Fox In North Africa Before Being Fired by Churchill

The dismissal of officers in World War 2 was quite a common practice for every army that fought in the war.  Whether or not these…

Warrior Frank Baldwin Received Two Medals of Honor, One for Fighting the Confederates & Another for Fighting the Indians

Receiving the Medal of Honor for valor in combat puts one in the hallowed company of but a few thousand individuals to ever grace the…

One of The Most Remarkable Test Pilots Ever: Survived The Sinking of HMS Audacity & Flew over 480 Different types of Aircraft

There are many British aviators who can boast that they contributed to the war effort by taking to the skies over Europe to defeat the…

Brown Helped Sack A Korean Fort And Captured Their Flag But Deserted Before He Received His Medal of Honor

To be clear, we are not speaking of the famed 1950-53 Korean War or the loveable cartoon character with a dog named Snoopy.  But we…

Received The Medal of Honor for Defending The USS Liberty Against an Attack From Israel

The United States and Israel have not always seen eye to eye, but they have been nothing less than strong allies since the Israeli State…

Glorious Gloster Single Handedly Charges Chinese Bunker Twice, Threw Grenade With His Last Breath, Saves His Men

It has often been said of both faith and war, that greater love hath no man than the one who lays down his life for…