Theodore Roosevelt Captain Followed in Footsteps of Ship’s Namesake by Writing Bombshell Letter
 Navy officials are finding themselves in controversial waters in the wake of Thursday’s announcement that the service was relieving Capt. Brett Crozier of his command of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, a decision made following the leak of a four-page letter Crozier penned pleading for U.S. assistance to help stymie the spread of COVID-19 on … |
‘I Wanted to Kill Germans’: 82nd Airborne Paratrooper James Megellas on War
 Retired lieutenant colonel Jim Megellas, the 82nd Airborne’s most decorated soldier, recalls his wartime experience
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‘Tough invasion. Tough fight’: WWII Vet Recalls the Peleliu and Okinawa Campaigns
 In December of 1943 Anthony “Tony” Procassini was a few credit hours short of graduating from the University of Michigan when he walked into a recruiting station and volunteered to serve. Initially hoping to join the Coast Guard to stay close to Michigan, Procassini was told that his options were either the Navy or the … |
Making ‘The Blue Max’
 Filmed 50 years ago, long before the advent of CGI, "The Blue Max" required two air forces built from scratch.
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The Bad Boy Commander of Operation Bolo
 In January 1967 a World War II ace taught the U.S. Air Force how to dogfight—and the North Vietnamese learned a lesson, too |
How These Brave MOH Pilots Proved Their Valor in the Skies
 Of the 92 Americans who earned the Medal of Honor for uncommon valor in air actions, nearly half paid for it with their lives
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The PT Boat Accident That Nearly Killed JFK in WWII
The PT-109 disaster made JFK a hero. But his fury and grief at the loss of two men sent him on a dangerous quest to get even |
Getting the Truth Out
 Ten Americans made a daring escape from the Japanese and shocked the home front with the first detailed account of the Bataan Death March. One day in early May 1943, ten American servicemen emerged from the jungle on the northern coast of Mindanao, a wild and remote island in the southern Philippines. They had quite …
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The Man Who Shot A.P. Hill
 Even a lowly corporal can make a decision that has major consequences. Wars, campaigns and battles are all determined by decisions made under duress, and Confederate Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill certainly made his share in the course of the American Civil War. The rapid march of his Light Division from Harpers Ferry to Antietam … |
Gentlemanly Warfare Is Dead
 No longer will commanders let a foe live if they can get him in their sights The faith-based wars that wracked Europe after the Reformation saw armies casually slaughter noncombatants and fanatics assassinate kings and commanders of the wrong religion. By the mid-17th century, however, a wearier—and perhaps wiser—continent began to professionalize its warrior class …
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