Book Review – The Fight in the Clouds: The Extraordinary Combat Experience of P-51 Mustang Pilots During World War II
Books on the World War II air war and books on the P-51 Mustang are not hard to find. The …
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Visiting History: Pearl Harbor’s World War II Monuments, Memorials, and Historic Sites
Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, has been the homeport of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet since 1940, when the fleet …
Book Review – The Americans on D-Day: A Photographic History of the Normandy Invasion
One criticism sometimes leveled at photographic histories is that they don’t go any deeper than the photographs inside. Many have …
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s D-Day Prayer
On the morning of June 6, 1944, as Allied forces came ashore on the invasion beaches of Utah, Omaha, Sword, …
June 6, 1944: Rangers at Pointe du Hoc
Operation Overlord, the Allies’ plan to breach Nazi Germany’s Festung Europa (Fortress Europe) at Normandy, was the largest and most …
The USS Texas (BB 35) on D-Day
For the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the U.S. Navy has released a video featuring the remembrances of sailors who served …
A Poem for Memorial Day
It has been a kind of tradition at Defense Media Network to publish a war poem to mark holidays …
Night Witches: Soviet Female Aviators in World War II
Hundreds of women served as Soviet combat pilots and flight crew during World War II. Other nations allowed a few …
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research: A Brief History
The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) is today the cornerstone of a research apparatus that, since World War …
Chips: War Dog Hero of the 3rd Infantry Division
In the predawn hours of July 10, 1943, the 3rd Infantry Division under the command of Maj. Gen. Lucian Truscott …