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The Medal of Honor recipient who became a ‘One-Man Regiment of Iwo Jima’
4+ hour, 10+ min ago (718+ words) It had been one week since roughly 60,000 service members rushed ashore the sulfurous outcropping that was Iwo Jima. Despite the island being barely 10 square miles in area, "assault troops," writes the Naval History and Heritage Command, "were to be subjected…...
During WWI this sailor saved his fellow mate from noxious toilet fumes — earning him the Medal of Honor
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (252+ words) The Great War in Europe was raging at that time, but the United States was still neutral, with the New York helping to maintain that neutrality. Amid all the maintenance activity, Coxswain W.L. Campbell, in charge of the 1st Division, ordered the…...
How chocolate became one of the US military’s most important WWII rations
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (310+ words) In the early American military, specifically the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, food, logistics, medicine and morale were inseparable. Chocolate and cocoa fit that world neatly. They were calorie-dense, easy to transport and more shelf-stable than most comforts soldiers…...
‘Reduced to atoms’: The devastating 1945 Allied bombing campaign in Dresden
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (1157+ words) For 15 hours beginning on the night of Feb. 13, 1945, the historic city of Dresden, celebrated as the "German Florence" was battered by Allied warplanes. Until that date, Germany's seventh largest city with its 600,000 inhabitants " and roughly 700,000 refugees " had emerged from the…...
Soldier who died shielding Polish ally to receive Medal of Honor
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (403+ words) The last act of Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, 24, was to step between an Afghan suicide bomber and a Polish army officer " taking the force of the blast and sacrificing his own life to save another. Now, 13 years later, he'll…...
Japanese American soldiers once branded ‘enemy aliens’ promoted
3+ week, 2+ day ago (678+ words) Seven Japanese American soldiers were promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony Monday, eight decades after they died fighting for the U.S. during World War II despite having been branded "enemy aliens." The seven were students at the University of…...
How a repair ship captain received the Medal of Honor at Pearl Harbor
3+ week, 6+ day ago (952+ words) The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 had drama aplenty to go around, but one of the standouts did not involve a battleship, but a humble repair ship moored nearby. Capt. Cassin Young's actions that day gave a new…...
This Marine’s furious fight on Tarawa helped to seal the battle’s fate
4+ week, 2+ day ago (786+ words) But at a high cost. Tarawa proved a formidable target, not least because of an intelligence miscalculation that led to American landing craft being hung up quarter mile from the beachhead and resulting in hundreds of casualties before the Marines…...
Gunner killed off Guadalcanal accounted for after 82 years
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (365+ words) It has been 82 years since Staff Sgt. Nicholas J. Governale crashed into the sea off the coast of Guadalcanal. Now, the gunner is coming home. First accounted for on May 15, 2025, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced on Tuesday the full…...
The ace of aces: This Marine Corps aviator shot down 23 enemy planes
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (822+ words) In June 1940, Foss hitchhiked 300 miles to Minneapolis to enlist in the Marine Corps Reserve so he could join the Naval Aviation Cadet program. He joined the United States Marine Corps and finished flight training in Miami, Florida, as a naval…...