The Vietnam Tanker That Fought Off an Ambush with His Colt 45
Dwight Johnson came from the housing projects in Detroit and became a recipient of the Medal of Honor in Vietnam. Even more noteworthy is that…
Buried by Germans Now 82nd AB paratrooper to be buried in Pennsylvania
74 years ago, during World War II, a young American soldier named Willard “Bud” Jenkins was serving his country in the Netherlands when he was…
Aircraft Carriers Rule the Seas! – DOD Videos
Aircraft carriers and associated technology have advanced considerably since their humble origins in the First World War. In 1910, pilot Eugene Burton Ely was the…
HMS Churchill Sunk by U-Boats but the Bridgeplate is Preserved in Devon
“Never change a ship’s name!” warns seafaring lore. However, for the first U.S. Navy destroyer to be christened as USS Herndon (DD 198), its transfer…
Packing Heavy! The Combat Kit for U.S. Soldiers in Operation Iraqi Freedom
The modern soldier now carries the heaviest combat load in the history of war. Weighing in at over 88 pounds in some cases, it is…
Glendale – The Battle that Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and McClellan Would Like to Forget
The Battle of Glendale took place on June 30, 1862, as part of the Union-orchestrated Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. During the end…
Chaplain Gave All in Vietnam – Awarded the Medal of Honor
The halls of military history are filled with men who earned the nation’s highest military honor as they fought ferociously against a determined enemy. There…
Perspectives on the Character of Charles XII of Sweden: PART 2
War History Online presents this guest blog by Benjamin Phelps Bain: Charles was more Extraordinary than Great American historian Robert Nisbet Bain writes his biography, Charles…
Perspectives on the Character of Charles XII of Sweden: PART 1
War History Online presents this guest blog by Benjamin Phelps Those who recognize the name of Charles XII of Sweden often only remember him as the…
10 Recently Identified RAF Airmen Remembered in Berlin Service
The remains of 10 previously unidentified RAF airmen were recently identified and a re-dedication service held for them at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Berlin…
WWII: Gunner Fell 22,000 Feet WITHOUT A Parachute And Survived
S/Sgt. Alan E. Magee poses for the camera, halfway into the tight confines of the ball turret of a B-17 Flying Fortress. [Via] Ranked among…
He Managed to Convey the Truth by Blinking “TORTURE” in Morse Code During the Vietnam War
Prisoner Of War Jeremiah Denton, who survived 7 years locked in a tiny windowless cell in Hanoi during the Vietnam war, has passed away…