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” …
On Dec. 6, 1946, President Harry S Truman pinned seven medals on the chest of Army Sgt. Llewellyn M. “Al” …
“The biggest and hardest job since the Panama Canal.”
—Maj. Robert W. Madden, describing construction of the Alcan Highway
On …
There were never very many Tiger tanks, less than 1,400 total. They were huge (German crews scornfully called them “furniture …
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., USA (Ret.), died Dec. 27, 2012, in Tampa, Fla., of complications from pneumonia. He was …
“Sixth Army must know that I am doing everything to help and to relieve it. I shall issue my orders …
At the height of the Cold War in the late 1970s, the U.S. Army wanted a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) …
The United States entered World War II 27 months after it began officially with Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland in …
The basic parachutist badge worn in the Army today originated in 1941, when America’s soldiers first began qualifying as “airborne” …
On Aug. 13, 1942, Lt. Gen. Bernard Law Montgomery assumed command of the British Eighth Army in Egypt. It would …
When Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower became commander of ETOUSA (European Theater of Operations United States Army) in June 1942 …