Jeff Edwards

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

Articles by Jeff Edwards:

Incredible Taliban Hostage Rescue Mission Earns Navy SEAL the Medal of Honor

Without a doubt, gallant actions in combat have not only been lost to the passage of time but to the secrecy of those who fight…

To Throw His Grenade He Crawled To Within 5 Meters of Taliban Sniper When He Was Hit By A Bullet And Killed By His Own Grenade, Awarded VC

Not all war stories have a happy ending and, in fact, one might make the case that most do not. This is ever truer when…

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…

Killed By Friendly Fire, He Charged Alone Into A Cornfield To Silence Taliban, His Body Was Found Next To 3 Dead Enemies

The Victoria Cross is the United Kingdom’s highest military honor and one of the most esteemed recognitions for gallantry in combat in the global military…

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…

Even Germans Recommended Him For VC: Irish Guard Grabbed The Machine Gun From Disabled Tank, Held Jerries At Bay For 20 Minutes

A nation can desire for a war to be over all they want, but the inevitable fact of war is that the enemy always gets…

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…

This Devil Doc Jumped on a Live Grenade in Vietnam to Save His Beloved Marines

The relationship between Marines and their Navy Corpsmen affectionately referred to as, “Doc”, is unique to say the least.  The Marine Corps prides itself on…

Admiral Kimmel: The Scapegoat of Pearl Harbor or 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…

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…

This British Major Brought An Umbrella To The Arnhem Bridge Battle, You Will Not Believe How He Used It

One might think that being surrounded by the German SS is no laughing matter, but don’t tell that to British Major Digby Tatham-Warter.  This cool…

This British Major Brought An Umbrella To Arnhem Bridge, You Will Not Believe What He Did With It

One might think that being surrounded by the German SS is no laughing matter, but don’t tell that to British Major Digby Tatham-Warter.  This cool…