Fred L. Borch

Fred L. Borch retired from the Army after 25 years of active duty, and now works as the Regimental Historian and Archivist for the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. His most recent book, FOR MILITARY MERIT: RECIPIENTS OF THE PURPLE HEART, was published by Naval Institute Press in 2011.

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Wartime Me 262 Pilot Said He Flew Faster Than Sound

Hans Guido Mutke loomed larger than life, say those who knew him. A very experienced but very junior German military pilot, Mutke flew the Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Swallow) jet …

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Llewellyn Chilson: America’s Neglected Warrior

On Dec. 6, 1946, President Harry S Truman pinned seven medals on the chest of Army Sgt. Llewellyn M. “Al” Chilson. Conspicuously absent was the nation’s highest award, the Medal …

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Project Horizon, the Army's proposed moonbase

An Army Base on the Moon What Might Have Been: Project Horizon Was an Idea Whose Time Never Came

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“ … a lunar outpost … is of critical importance to the U.S. Army of the future.” It was March 1959, and Army Lt. Gen. Arthur G. Trudeau, the author …

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Abraham Lincoln Defined the President’s Role as Commander in Chief

As analysis of the mission to bring Osama bin Laden to justice continues and a new group of flag officers are nominated by the administration for the most powerful and …

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