An Italian POW Was Lynched in WWII. 28 Black Soldiers Were Wrongfully Convicted For It The body of an Italian prisoner of war was found hanging on Fort Lawton, outside Seattle. The Army's investigation pointed to...
Kuribayashi, Nishi and the Japanese Troops Who Chose Death Over Surrender at Iwo Jima Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi arrived on Iwo Jima in June 1944. Over the next eight months, he built one of the most...
North Dakota’s Oldest Veteran, 109, Shares Story of Resilience Reaching 109 on Feb. 11, Army veteran Ray Curtis has lived through a lot and still has the memory and sharp wit to talk about...
The Congressman Who Accidentally Told Japan How to Sink American Submarines During WWII In June 1943, a Kentucky congressman walked up to a microphone and gave Japan one of its greatest intelligence victories of...
Photographer Aims to Profile 250 Veterans for America’s 250th Birthday "It's a national tribute." Photographer Mikel Conrad has embarked on an ambitious assignment to photograph and profile 250...
She Was an Orphan Adopted From Iran by a US Veteran. The Trump Administration Wants to Deport Her The woman's father was a prisoner of war in Germany during World War II.
WWII Army Signal Corps Veteran Who Tracked Nazi Transmissions Turns 100 On Feb. 21, Sten Gould turns 100 years old. His wartime journals have preserved the voice of a soldier who copied Nazi morse...
The Marine Who Crossed a Minefield Unarmed to Wipe Out Japanese Defenses on Iwo Jima Sgt. Ross F. Gray carried a satchel charge though a minefield while under heavy Japanese fire. What followed became one of...
‘Uncommon Valor’: Heroics of the Battle of Iwo Jima Their mission was to capture the island's three airfields, eliminate a Japanese early warning station that was tipping off...
Operation Hailstone: The US Navy's Devastating 1944 Raid on Truk Lagoon Operation Hailstone, the two-day carrier assault launched 82 years ago this week, demolished Japan's largest overseas naval...
Two Heroes, Two Medals of Honor: Inside Trump’s State of the Union Tribute Trump awarded two Medals of Honor during his State of the Union — one to a wounded helicopter pilot, another to a 100-year...
Amid Biggest US Military Buildup Since 2003, What Service Members and Families Need to Do Right Now Nobody knows yet whether the current buildup will result in a strike, a deal or a prolonged standoff. What you can control is...
The US Failed to Capture a MiG-15. Then a North Korean Defector Delivered One A secret US operation spent months trying to obtain a Soviet MiG-15 during the Korean War. A North Korean defector who never...
25 Years After 9/11: Former CENTCOM Commander’s Strategic Warning on What America Still Gets Wrong The only U.S. officer to lead PACOM and CENTCOM warns in his memoir that America chases short-term wins over strategy—risking...
Why You Didn’t Get the Job: Understanding How Companies Hire In today’s turbulent, unpredictable and frustrating hiring market, job-seekers are seemingly doing everything right and...