Mississippi Delta Farmer's Wife Fell in Love With German POW and Helped Him Escape, Leading FBI on Chase A German Luftwaffe pilot and a Mississippi Delta farmer’s wife made a run for it in January 1946, eight months after World...
Task Force Smith: How the 24th Infantry Division Saved South Korea at the Start of the Korean War In July of 1950, the Korean War looked as if it was about to come to an unexpectantly quick conclusion. South Korean troops...
The WWII Mystery Behind the 1942 Battle of Los Angeles: Axis Planes, Aliens or Mass Hysteria? Not even three months after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Americans on the west coast thought they were under attack...
Last Stand in Korea: How Greek and American Troops Held Outpost Harry Against 13,000 Chinese Soldiers On the evening of June 10, 1953, Markley briefed his men from K Company, 15th Infantry Regiment before sending them to their...
Ken Burns’ The American Revolution: 10 Big Takeaways From the Directors (Exclusive) Ken Burns’ new PBS docuseries The American Revolution is a six-part, 12-hour series that puts troops, camp followers, and...
General Dwight D. Eisenhower Never Saw Combat — But Led America to Victory in World War II Dwight David Eisenhower was born on Oct. 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas 135-years ago. His family later relocated to Kansas. His...
How Hollywood Has Rewritten the American Revolution: A Century of Film & TV Portrayals We take a look at how Hollywood has depicted the American Revolution over the last 100+ years, from silent films to HBO's...
The Only Army Unit to Fight in Five of the Marine Corps’ Bloodiest WWII Battles — Including Iwo Jima From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, the Marine Corps earned its reputation for tackling some of the bloodiest battles of World War...
How a Rag-Tag Group of Soldiers, Marines, Choctaw, Militia and Pirates Saved New Orleans From the British By December of 1814, American forces were in tatters. The Redcoats had dominated them in the War of 1812, repulsed their...
Vietnam DUSTOFF Pilot Who Saved 3,000 Earned Gold Medal Honor for MEDEVAC Crews By then, he had flown over 3,000 casualties to safety during 11 months evacuating wounded soldiers from Vietnam's most...
Which Americans Will Be Automatically Registered for Military Draft, and When? Last year's defense bill passed by Congress paved the way for the new automatic registration process.
A VA Clinic Gave Veterans GLP-1s for Weight Loss. A Year Later, Everything Improved Researchers tracked 201 veterans prescribed semaglutide, the drug sold under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy. After one...
WWII Veteran Who Lied About His Age to Serve Takes Honor Flight Joining the military at 16 to serve in World War II to service in Korea and Vietnam, humble Al Duran has lived quite a life.
Disabled Veterans Charged Up to $20K to File VA Benefits Claims: Lawsuit The company being sued told Military.com it doesn't charge for VA claims. Plaintiffs disagree, citing purported deceptive...
3 Big Military PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What to Know Before 2026 Peak Season In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
