Henry J. Kaiser and the Liberty Ships
By June 1942 the United States was well along in fulfilling President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s pledge of becoming an Arsenal …
World War II
Legendary Coast Guard Cutters
Almost from the day the Coast Guard’s predecessor agency, the U.S. Revenue Marine, was created by law in 1790, its …
World War II Armor Training in Color l Photos
While these photos were presumably made to demonstrate American armored might six months after the nation’s entry into World War …
Peter Marshall’s Journey: The Story of the Last Living American POW on Guam
by André Sobocinski, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
On March 25th, 2021, Peter Breckinridge Marshall’s journey came to …
During World War II, Plasma Saved Lives
A radio show called Life to the Front, broadcast weekly over WEEI, the Columbia Broadcasting System’s New England network outlet …
Medal of Honor Recipient: Get Your COVID-19 Vaccine
by Adam Stump, Public Affairs Specialist, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Hershel “Woody” Williams survived Iwo Jima, destroying six enemy …
The Special Air Service (SAS) Originals
“… I have always felt uneasy in being known as the founder of the [SAS] Regiment. …”
–Sir David Stirling, …
Hair Has Long and Short History in U.S. Armed Forces
While Americans today expect to see soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen with closely clipped hair, many don’t realize …
Iconic Coast Guard Aircraft
They loved it. They hated it. It was the only jet ever to join the U.S. Coast Guard’s air fleet. …
ABDA: The Unsuccessful Band of Brothers
Suggested by the Chinese, endorsed by the Americans, commanded by the British, and presented as a fait accompli to the …