Jay Hemmings

Jay Hemmings is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE

Articles by Jay Hemmings:

Medal Of Honor Recipient: The Soft-Spoken Man Became a Raging Bull

War, for all its horror, violence and loss of life, also serves as one of the most harrowing tests of a man or woman’s true…

Crucifix Hill & The Insane One Man Bunker Buster Who Turned the Course of the Battle

If there’s one thing that has remained universal about battles and war throughout human history, it is the fact that war changes men. Often the…

A Larger Than Life Hero, And The Most Decorated Veteran Of The Vietnam War

Once in a generation, or sometimes only once every few generations, there comes a soldier whose battlefield exploits are simply beyond belief. These rare heroes…

A Hero: Chaplain Watters Seeing American Wounded Beyond The Perimeter, He Charged Out Again

Since the earliest days of organized civilization, priests and warriors have usually played very different roles in their societies. They performed quite different, often opposing,…

Fire Base Was Going To Be Over Run By NVA, He Met Them With a Bayonet & an Assault Rifle

When asked to conjure in one’s imagination the image of a fearless soldier, fighting with fervent ferocity in hand-to-hand combat and battling relentlessly against wave…

Joe Medicine Crow: Last War Chief Of The Crow Nation & Last Ever War Chief Of The Plains Indians

Joe Medicine Crow, the last individual to become a war chief in the crow nation. To do this he had to complete the 4 tasks…