Royal Navy Survival Training Recalls Falklands Battle Damage
The Royal Navy learned many hard lessons from the Falklands war in 1982. And they don’t want today’s sailors to …
Military History
The Messerschmitt Bf 110 From Under the Canopy: Poland, the Battle of Britain and After
For all of the 70-year-later speculation about World War II aircraft, few planes get a wider mix of reviews than …
USS Enterprise Begins Final Overseas Deployment
USS Enterprise (CVN 65), the U.S. Navy’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier – and at 51 years of age, its longest …
Dr. Christian Lambertsen Honored
On Saturday, March 10, 2012, the ashes of the late Dr. Christian J. Lambertsen were spread on the waters off …
Book Review – Omar Bradley: General at War
So why does Omar Bradley have less name recognition than other top American officers of World War II?
Jim DeFelice …
Stilwell in China: The Worst Command in the War
On Jan.1, 1942, Maj. Gen. Joseph Stilwell was thick in the planning for Operation Gymnast, the original code-name for the …
The Great Tokyo Firebomb Mission
When William J. Carter died of pneumonia in Decatur, Ga., on Nov. 3, 2011, the United States lost a World …
When Willie and Joe’s Creator Bill Mauldin Met “Blood and Guts” Patton
By 1945, Stars and Stripes cartoonist Sgt. Bill Mauldin was famous, and his creations, the G.I.s Willie and Joe, were …
Former Shipfitter Syl Puccio Awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
On Feb. 20, 2012, more than seventy years after the event, a Pearl Harbor veteran will be decorated for his …
The “Bamboo Fleet” Shuttle Service to Corregidor
“Brad, I thought you’d get through. Glad you made it. Congratulations.”
—Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright to Bamboo Fleet pilot Capt.William …