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Hell broke loose – Navy veteran served as corpsman with Marine Corps on Iwo Jima in WWII

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…

Coming Home, 1968 – A Veteran’s True Story By Dan Daly

War History Online presents this guest article by Dan Daly. Just over 50 years ago as a junior officer, I arrived in Coronado California to meet…

What I was asked to do – Marine Corps veteran served in aviation ordnance during World War II

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…

100 Years On: Passchendaele in Color – Amazing Colorized Photos by Tom Marshall

Just over a year ago I published a blog of photos taken during the battle of the Somme in 1916.  This Fall marks the centenary…

Operation Overlord: The Greatest Amphibious Landing in History – Part 2

War History Online presents the second part of this Guest Article from Joseph M. Durante The Beaches At Sword Beach, the easternmost landing site of the invasion, the…

Iowa Class Battlecruisers – We Ask If America’s Most Powerful Dreadnoughts May Actually Have Been Battlecruisers

War History Online presents this Guest Article from Chris Knupp The four vessels of the Iowa class were the last battleships put to sea by…

Transportation equipment reactivated or repurposed for the World War II Homefront

The reactivations by government agencies and firms that purchased inactive equipment in the buildup to or the early years of World War II or the…

Building ‘Camp Swampy’ – Missouri military experience helped inspire iconic Beetle Bailey® comic strip

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…

Echo of Infamy – The Little Known Second Attack on Pearl Harbor, March 4, 1942

War History Online presents this Guest Article by Thomas D. Pilsch With great solemnity and reverence, America observed the 75th anniversary of the devastating December…

U-537, Cape Chidley & The Secret Weather Station WFL-26 – by Martin K.A. Morgan

Throughout the war, the Allies enjoyed a certain advantage over the Axis that was purely the product of geography.  Because the Allied nations occupied real…

“Dusting off memories” – Veteran shares story of service in Merchant Marines and U.S. Air Force

Jeremy P. Ämick writes is a military historian and author of the upcoming book “Missouri at War” by Arcadia Publishing. The education Marvin Strolberg received…

Operation Overlord: The Greatest Amphibious Landing in History – Part 1

War History Online presents this Guest Article from Joseph M. Durante June 6, 1944, was D-Day – a date that will never be forgotten in America’s…