The 4th Marine Division and the Army's 7th Infantry Division landed on several islands within the atoll. Four days later, ...
War is full of surprises. Sometimes the underdog triumphs against impossible odds, and other times, overwhelming force crumbles into humiliating defeat. Throughout history, certain battles seemed ...
Since the 1950s, fighter jets have played an essential role in warfare. These expensive technological marvels are a key element of any modern military. From reconnaissance to aerial support, they play ...
On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad. The fighting had lasted more than 200 days and cost an estimated 2 million casualties. It marked ...
The Messerschmitt Me 262 that soared into combat in 1944 marked a revolutionary leap in aviation history as the first jet-powered fighter aircraft. As one of the oldest fighter jets, it set the stage ...
War is never pretty, but there can be levels even to the cruelty and ugliness of war, with some almost inconceivably horrendous. Such levels can be measured by one macabre metric: the number of deaths ...
A brutal battle separated a Michigan soldier from his family for 75 years. Science brought him home.
DETROIT, MI — The wheels of Delta Airlines flight 733 touched the tarmac of Detroit Metro Airport Saturday, Oct. 11, at 12:51 p.m., the moment Capt. Charles Graham Gibson Jr. came home, more than 75 ...
Some of the top experts across the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines rate battle scenes in movies and television shows for realism. Dakata Brodie flew for the US Coast Guard for 13 years as a ...
During Dave Herman’s more than 25 years with the Lockport Township Park District, he has seen the Civil War Days event become World War II Days and then Military History Weekend. Now the Lockport ...
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