Fellowship of combat – Jefferson City paratrooper killed in action during second tour in Vietnam
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star Families…
Connection To Our Past – Legacy of WWI Missouri Soldier Preserved by Military Portrait
War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star Families…
First African American to Earn The Navy Cross Was a Cook Firing .50-Caliber Machine Guns at Japanese Bombers At Pearl Harbor
World War 2 will long be remembered as the epitome of total war, total gallantry, and total brutality. It spared none based on their ethnic…
Incredible Bravery – Jesse L Brown: Exemplary Aviator in the US Navy
Born to Fly Jesse LeRoy Brown was born on October 13, 1926, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi into a poor family with a steadfast commitment to educating their…
MoH: G. Timmerman Sacrificed Himself To Save His Tank Crew From Hand Grenade
By the time the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Grant Timmerman had already served a 4-year enlistment in the Marine Corps. However, Timmerman was…
Ten Facts: The Race To Berlin – The Dramatic Closing Stages Of World War Two
The advance on Berlin in early 1945 didn’t only mark the final stage of World War Two in Europe. It also saw the first open…
Clearing 10 Enemy Bunkers in the Jungles of Vietnam, SSGT James Bondsteel Emerged with the Medal of Honor
Perhaps due to his name – part James Bond and part Man of Steel – it became apparent very quickly that Staff Sergeant James Bondsteel…
The Altmark Incident – The Royal Navy Freed 299 POW But Caused Norway To Be Invaded By Nazi Germany
In 1940, a tanker was transporting 299 British POWs to Germany. As it passed through neutral Norwegian waters, the British mounted a successful rescue operation,…
2 February 1943 – The End Of The Battle For Stalingrad
The largest and bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, the Siege of Stalingrad lasted over five months and resulted in somewhere between 1.7 and…
Presumed KIA After Heroic Action In 1944, Air Force Academy Janitor Awarded Medal Of Honor From Reagan in 1984
Perhaps it was the way he carried himself in an unassuming and humble manner, but day after day hundreds of Air Force Academy cadets would…
Rudolph Hess: The Nazi Who Flew to Britain in 1941 to try to Make a Peace Deal
Rudolf Walter Richard Hess was born on April 26, 1894, in Alexandria, Egypt to a wealthy family of Bavarian merchants. At 14, he was sent…
Fought Japanese in China When 15, Then Franco in Spain and In WWII Europe, Killed 6 Germans and Took 2 POW During a Heroic Charge, Awarded MoH in 1997
One look at the life of Medal of Honor recipient Edward Allen Carter and it doesn’t take you long to realize that this was a…