Jeff Edwards

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

Articles by Jeff Edwards:

Fearsome, Unstoppable US Soldier Awarded Medal Of Honor AND Distinguished Service Cross For Korean War Service

It has often been said that you can’t keep a good man down. In the case of Benjamin F. Wilson, the medical personnel trying to…

Against All The Odds – The First Mission To Bomb Japan After Pearl Harbor

Sometime, war is no different than your average street fight regardless of how crude that might seem. When a man is punched in the nose,…

Sergeant “Smokey” Smith VC: “I Don’t Take Prisoners, I’m Paid to Kill Them”

If you ask any combat infantryman, you will hear that there are men who make their life easy in garrison and men who make their…

Against All The Odds – The First Mission To Bomb Japan After Pearl Harbor

Sometime, war is no different than your average street fight regardless of how crude that might seem. When a man is punched in the nose,…

Medal Of Honor For Vietnam War Pilot Who Never Left A Man Behind

The old adage of “never leaving a man behind” is often repeated in military circles and spoken with sincere emotion.  However, the reality of warfare…

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…

No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy – General James “Mad Dog” Mattis

Often referred to as the General Patton of the modern era, General James “Mad Dog” Mattis once told a group of Iraqi tribal elders “I…

Sergeant “Smokey” Smith VC: “I Don’t Take Prisoners, I’m Paid to Kill Them”

If you ask any combat infantryman, you will hear that there are men who make their life easy in garrison and men who make their…

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…

Medal Of Honor For Vietnam War Pilot Who Never Left A Man Behind

The old adage of “never leaving a man behind” is often repeated in military circles and spoken with sincere emotion.  However, the reality of warfare…

This True Leader Stormed Multiple Japanese Machine Guns In Burma Until Mortally Wounded

Oxford scholar and founder of a literary magazine are just a couple of honors to which a young man might aspire and find himself on…

Admiral Kimmel: The Scapegoat of Pearl Harbor – The Man Who Opened the Door for the Japanese Attack

There have been few American military disasters that could ever rival what took place on December 7, 1941. The United States would see over 2400…