Today in War History
· 1776, Battle of Trenton
· 1914, Christmas Truce ends
· 1943, SMS Scharnhorst sinks
· 1944, Battle of Leyte ends
· 1991, Cold War ends
Featured
‘Mad Mike’ Hoare: The Irish Major Turned World-Famous Mercenary
· Facts About the Purple Heart, the Oldest Military Decoration Still Presented to US Service Members
· ‘Area 52’ Veterans Call Out US Government for Refusing to Acknowledge Health Issues Caused By Radiation Exposure
· INTERVIEW: William Sturkey Discusses His New Book About MoH Recipient and War Hero Roy Benavidez
Guest Authors
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum Embarking on Project to Reconstruct WWII-Era Fairey Barracuda
· The British Army Took Over the Village of Tyneham to Prepare for D-Day
· Museum Releases Promotional Booklet Ahead of ‘The Third Man’ Film Anniversary
· St. Ermin’s Hotel: The London Hotel Favorited By Spies
World War 2
· Manuel V. Mendoza Really Was a One-Man Army – The Germans in His Way Didn’t Survive Long
· George Ray Tweed: The Man Who Evaded the Japanese on Guam for Over Two Years
· Jacklyn Lucas: The 17-Year-Old MoH Recipient Who Threw Himself on Two Grenades to Save His Comrades on Iwo Jima
· Operation Catechism: Demise of the German Battleship Tirpitz
· Descendant of Alaskan Native Leader Calls for Japan to Pay Reparations for 1942 Aleutian Islands Invasion
American Civil War
Over 160 Years After Being Executed By the Confederates, Two Union Soldiers Receive the Medal of Honor
· In Photos: Burying the Hatchet at the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion
· Cannonballs, Sword Dating Back to American Civil War Discovered in South Carolina River
· 111-Year-Old Time Capsule Could Be Buried Beneath Confederate Memorial At Arlington National Cemetery
Vietnam War
