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When the US went to war with Guam — and no one told them
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (589+ words) It was perhaps the politest "battle" in human history. Upon entering Guam's harbor on June 20, 1898, instead of experiencing the expected whizz of bullets and the booms of a cannonade, U.S. Navy Capt. Henry Glass and his crew aboard the re-commissioned cruiser…...
The Japanese American ‘draft dodgers’ of WWII
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1023+ words) In the wake of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the mass removal from the West Coast of "all persons deemed a threat to national security." The policy, Executive Order 9066, was incited by widespread anti-Japanese American…...
Marine Raider’s remains identified 80 years after being killed in action
2+ week, 10+ hour ago (441+ words) The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced on March 4 that Marine Raider Pfc. Norton Retzsch, 25, had been accounted for on April 1, 2025 " thanks, in part, to 20-year-old DNA submitted to the military in 2006. Kim Opitz, Retzsch's great-niece, a freelance writer who…...
‘My God what have we done’: Enola Gay pilot’s combat notebook is for sale
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (721+ words) In a United States War Department-issued "Line of Position" notebook, Capt. Robert A. Lewis begins like many service member letters, with a "Dear Mom + Dad." But this log, dated Aug. 6, 1945, is unlike any other entry from World War II. Lewis, the co-pilot…...
The ‘Old Guard’ marks centennial of watching over Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1120+ words) For over 100 years, Arlington National Cemetery has been the site of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, but it hasn't always been guarded " or revered. Following the soldier's 1921 internment, the burial site was unguarded and often treated as a tourist…...
When veterans take the pen, war stories start to change
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1019+ words) Hollywood has never lacked war stories. But it has often lacked veteran storytellers telling them. For years, military narratives on screen have gravitated toward spectacle or trauma. Either elite raids and explosions, or the aftermath: PTSD, divorce, isolation. What gets…...
‘We are all Jews’: Soldier who defied his German captors to be awarded Medal of Honor
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (913+ words) After more than 80 years " and a decade after he was recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the "Righteous Among the Nations" " Roddie Edmonds will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor, a White House official confirmed to Military Times on…...
How America observed Christmas — at home and abroad — during WWII
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (1758+ words) Christmas 1941 was little different for most Americans from that of the previous year, despite the calamity of Pearl Harbor only weeks before. Both coasts had begun to post antiaircraft guns " some obsolete, others wooden fakes, only there for spurious confidence....
Lucky 13: A last-minute swap saved this airman’s life during WWII bombing run
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (1183+ words) The day began ominously. It was Friday the 13th when the airmen of the 451st Bomb Group of the 15th Air Force based in Castelluccio, Italy, gathered in an ancient wine cellar which housed Group Operations. "Gentlemen, our target today will be " Vienna,…...
Trailer released for World War II drama ‘Pressure,’ starring Brendan Fraser
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (543+ words) On June 6, 1944, over 160,000 Allied troops were sent across the English Channel onto the beaches of Normandy, France, marking the assault on Western Europe. Yet the operation, dubbed Operation Overlord, almost ended in disaster before it even began. Now, the upcoming…...