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Pincus Mansfield the day he made corporal. (Courtesy of Howard Mansfield)

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When Pincus Mansfield settled down after the war, got married and had children, he never talked about his experiences and his...

In May 1945, Army Staff Sgt. Horace Evers wrote a letter home on Adolf Hitler's personal stationery. (Image courtesy Chapman University's Center for American War Letters)

Before VE Day, This Soldier Wrote Home on Hitler's Stationery

The Million Letters Campaign seeks to find and preserve at least one million articles of correspondence from every U.S...

The 112-year-old Russian rescue ship Kommuna at the port of Sevastopol in 2008. (George Chernilevsky)

The 112-Year-Old Russian Navy Vessel Ukraine Just Hit with Anti-Ship Missiles

The Russian salvage ship Kommuna has been in service since 1915, when Tsar Nicholas II ruled the Russian Empire.

John C. McGinley as Sgt. O'Neill in Oliver Stone's "Platoon." (Orion Pictures)

The 9 Biggest Military Dirtbags in Movies and Television

Most U.S. military veterans are uncomfortable with civilians calling them "heroes," but there are a few who should definitely...