Allied Navies in the Pacific Fought for a Photo of This Actress for 70 Years The "Esther Williams Trophy" could only be taken by brute force or vile cunning.
A Black Soldier Received the Medal of Honor More Than 50 Years After Calling Artillery on His Own Position John Fox's widow received his Medal of Honor in 1997, more than a half-century after he died while fighting the Germans in a...
Rhode Island Raised the First Integrated Infantry Unit to Fight the Revolutionary War The 1st Rhode Island Infantry Regiment that fought in the Revolutionary War was made up of Black men, American Indians and...
This Black WWII Soldier Waited 50 Years to Receive the Medal of Honor Vernon Baker eventually received the Medal of Honor for killing nine enemy troops in an assault of Castle Aghinolfi in...
How the USS Constitution Was Saved from Target Practice The USS Constitution was saved from becoming a target ship by a wealthy Armenian immigrant.
American Veteran William Morgan Rose to the Highest Rank in Fidel Castro's Army William Alexander Morgan brought skills he learned in the U.S. Army to the Cuban Revolution. He initially did it for revenge.
Cathay Williams Was the Army's Only Female Buffalo Soldier and First Black Female Enlistee Cathay Williams, the only female Buffalo soldier, originally was captured as "contraband" by the Union Army during the Civil...
The Crusader-Era Knights Who Volunteered to Fight World War I The Khevsurs, who fought in World War I, were believed to be descendants of knights who date to the Crusades in the 12th...
Russia's 'Dead Hand' Is a Soviet-Built Nuclear Doomsday Device Even if Russia was completely defeated in a nuclear war, it's not.
5 Historical Reasons for Bad Blood Between Russia and Ukraine After looking at the relatively recent history between Russia and Ukraine, you start to understand the tensions.
4 Soldiers Charged in Alleged Sexual Assault in Barracks at Washington State Base Four soldiers have been charged in an alleged sexual assault that took place in the barracks at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in...
Fire Extinguished After 12-Hour Fight on USS New Orleans Off Okinawa Two sailors received minor injuries in the response, U.S. 7th Fleet officials said.
A Look at Those Trump Has Targeted in Tactic of Revoking Security Clearances The Trump administration's announcement this week that it would rescind the security clearances of 37 current and former...
Major Russian Attack on Western Ukraine Hits an American Factory During US-Led Push for Peace The aerial assault on a part of Ukraine that has largely avoided such focused attacks was one of Russia's biggest this year...
14 with Ties to Washington Deported to ‘Third Countries’ and Guantánamo Bay As the Trump administration lines up ever more countries to accept deported immigrants, a report to be released Thursday...
![Vernon Baker from the cover of AUSA graphic novel "Medal of Honor: Vernon Baker."](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-02/VernonBaker1800.jpeg.jpg?itok=fGB9smrJ "Vernon Baker from the cover of AUSA graphic novel "Medal of Honor: Vernon Baker." (courtesy AUSA)")
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