The Origins and History of The Last Post – The Notes That Brings Tears to Your Eyes
Chances are, you have heard the notes of the Last Post. The lone notes, played by a military bugler, trumpeting the notes of the song…
“On Eternal Patrol Memorial Reef” To Honor 66 Lost U.S. Submarines
First undersea memorial to recognize all lost submarine crews and boats to be dedicated in Sarasota 50 years after loss of the USS Scorpion As…
Hipster Before His Time: General Burnside – The Swashbuckling Union General Who Pioneered Sideburns
What do a rifle, various railroads, the American Civil War, the Franco-Prussian War, the National Rifle Association, and sideburns have in common? Here is the…
Vlad The Impaler – He Loved To Impale Captured Soldiers – A Lot
Vlad the Impaler, Vlad Tepes, is one of the greatest and more interesting figures from history. Vlad III was likely born in a fortress in…
The American Civil War – the Union told all the European countries if they recognized the Confederacy’s legitimacy, it was equal to declaring war against the Union
By the beginning of the American Civil War, the United States was a little more than 50 years of age. They had started to develop relationships…
The Creek Indian War in Early America: 8 Important Leaders
Though a relatively small war, the Creek Indian War of 1813-14 was full of larger-than-life characters. From native prophets to a future president of the…
The Only Woman Ever To Join The French Foreign Legion Served In WWII & Vietnam
The Légion Étrangère is better known as the French Foreign Legion – a military organization open to men who are foreign nationals. In 1945, however,…
On fire this heroic airman picked up a burning 1,100° phosphorus bomb to save his crew certain death
The Medal of Honor is America’s highest military award given to those for acts of valor that in some cases border on insanity. In WWII,…
The Story Of One Marine – The World War I Letters and Photos of Pvt. Thomas L. Stewart – By James P. Gregory, Jr.
Thomas L. Stewart joined the United States Marine Corps on June 22, 1917—just two months after America entered World War One. Private Stewart was a…
Time To Say ‘Tanks’ To Our WW1 Commanders
One of the most important men in the history of the tank is to be remembered a century after the most significant moment of his…
MoH Ace: It was common for pilots to celebrate aerial victories over the airfield with a barrel roll – he did 7
Over the course of a long war, there were many American flying Aces. A large number of them reached into double-digit numbers of kills. However,…
The Most Terrible, Deadliest Sieges Before the 19th Century
Sieges throughout history were awful affairs. Unlike Field Battles, Sieges involved civilians, as well as numerous ways to die over long periods of time. Starvation…