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The 'Medal of Honor' Franchise Is the Only Video Game to Win an Oscar Leave it to a video-game franchise created by acclaimed Hollywood director Steven Spielberg to become the only video game to...
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6 Minor Leaguers Who Gave Up Baseball Careers to Become Heroes of World War II Baseball players enlisted in droves. For most of them, any kind of wound could end their major-league dreams forever. Some...
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How Civil War Moms Inspired the Creation of Mother's Day Ann Reeves Jarvis and Julia Ward Howe, sick of sons and fathers dying, wanted to remind people of the true cost of war.
How Audrey Hepburn Aided the Dutch Resistance During World War II Audrey Hepburn didn't talk much about her experiences during World War II, but one biographer was listening.
The Top 5 Reasons Americans Were Unfit for Military Service During World War I Here are a few of the most common things that would have kept an American out of the trenches.
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Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
Police Report Sheds New Light on Pentagon Nominee Hegseth's Sexual Encounter that Led to Assault Allegation Pete Hegseth, who is tapped to lead the military and the nation's largest federal bureaucracy, has vehemently denied the...
Steel Company Tied to Deadly Air Force Osprey Crash Faced Defective Parts Lawsuit in 2001 Military officials have refused to say whether they're still working with a company responsible for making the gear that...
![](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-05/onetime%20company%20of%20heroes%203%201200.jpg?itok=0o5hfUYb ""Company of Heroes 3" brings World War II in North Africa and Italy to life. (SEGA/Relic Entertainment)")
![](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-05/1time%20medal%20of%20honor%20above%20and%20beyond%201200.jpg?itok=JOWJ4Rui ""Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond" featured vignettes and short films featuring real World War II combat veterans. (Respawn Entertainment)")
![](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-04/mil%20jack%20woolans%20gorilla%20mask%201200.jpg?itok=juJNI2PN "Bell Aircraft test pilot Jack Woolams wearing the gorilla mask he used to prank other pilots while testing the P-59 Airacomet. (From "The Jet Race and the Second World War")")
