'Red Summer 1919': A Vietnam Veteran Composed a Powerful Opera to Honor Black Veterans of World War I "Red Summer 1919: An Instrumental Opera," pays homage to the Black men who returned home from war, only to find a new war on...
The Incredible Life of the American Airman Who Created 'King Kong' Director Merian C. Cooper was an Army pilot who loved flying as much as he loved making movies.
Marine Corps Vet and Boxer Turned ‘Rocky’ Actor Burt Young Dies at 83 Young served in the Corps between 1957 and 1959. He learned boxing and maintained a record of 32-2 in the service.
War Movie Legend and Korean War Veteran Michael Caine Announces Retirement from Acting The actor, now 90 years old, has repeatedly announced his intention to retire, but asserts this time is for real.
NatGeo's 'Top Gun: The Next Generation' Will Go Behind the Scenes of Elite Naval Aviator Training Would-be naval aviators won't be competing against each other, but they will be competing to fly the F-35C Lightning II, the...
National Geographic's Acclaimed Series 'One Day in America' Dives Deep into the Kennedy Assassination With the 60th anniversary of Kennedy's death approaching, the time is right for a straightforward retelling that conveys the...
Award-Winning World War II Drama 'All the Light We Cannot See' Coming to Netflix While the Battle of Saint-Malo was very real, the story and characters of “All the Light We Cannot See” are a work of fiction...
'The Day After' Director Returns to Sound the Alarm with 'How to Stop a Nuclear War' Filmmaker Nicholas Meyer is back to warn us again about the danger posed by nuclear weapons and how the world is currently...
The Real Spy from John Le Carré Books Gets 'The Fog of War' Treatment Filmmaker Errol Morris' latest work, "The Pigeon Tunnel," gives "The Fog of War" treatment to a different kind of Cold...
Max and Michelle Brooks: From 'World War Z' to ‘War Words’ Written with military precision, zombie apocalypse novel ‘World War Z’ sold a million copies in its first five years in print...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...