Interview with Brig. Gen. Darsie Rogers, USA
Brig. Gen. Darsie D. Rogers, Jr. was commissioned a second lieutenant from Auburn University in 1987. Following his initial assignment …
Conflicts & Operations
Visiting History: Pearl Harbor’s World War II Monuments, Memorials, and Historic Sites
Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, has been the homeport of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet since 1940, when the fleet …
AFSOC: Missions Everywhere, All the Time, and a Revised Modernization Plan
Air Force Special Operations Commander Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel has maintained his command’s focus on the current mission, the people, …
USS Bataan and USS Elrod Rescue 282 People in Mediterranean
A small crowded vessel sinking in the Mediterranean Sea on June 6, received help from the USS Bataan (LHD 5) …
Book Review – The Americans on D-Day: A Photographic History of the Normandy Invasion
One criticism sometimes leveled at photographic histories is that they don’t go any deeper than the photographs inside. Many have …
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s D-Day Prayer
On the morning of June 6, 1944, as Allied forces came ashore on the invasion beaches of Utah, Omaha, Sword, …
June 6, 1944: Rangers at Pointe du Hoc
Operation Overlord, the Allies’ plan to breach Nazi Germany’s Festung Europa (Fortress Europe) at Normandy, was the largest and most …
The USS Texas (BB 35) on D-Day
For the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the U.S. Navy has released a video featuring the remembrances of sailors who served …
The Korean War’s Naval Lessons
In many ways, the Korean War started where World War II left off. For the U.S. Navy the big aircraft …
The Korean War’s Land Battle Legacy
Ground combat operations during the Korean War provided U.S. Army planners with an extensive array of lessons learned regarding the …