6+ hour, 7+ min 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…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1600+ words) For several generations, the rain-soaked soils of Mindanao Island have slowly swallowed the remains of scores of American and Filipino soldiers who vanished in the chaos and brutality of World War II. But it was only a temporary reprieve for Fort....

3+ day, 23+ hour 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…...

6+ day, 5+ 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…...

1+ week, 2+ day 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…...

1+ week, 2+ day 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…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (385+ words) War has a way of changing the lives of its participants. Sometimes, it puts the main actor through a moment of decision that leads to an extraordinary feat. In the case of Ralyn Hill, it involved rushing where the average…...

2+ week, 5+ day 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…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (644+ words) A team of maritime and naval conservation organizations are on a mission to save the last viable U.S. Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastator torpedo bomber. "Of the 129 TBD-1 aircraft built for the service, none have been preserved in museums or private collections;…...

1+ mon, 3+ hour 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…...