History of Army Corps of Engineers Projects: Panama Canal to World War II
The evolution of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has mirrored the nation it serves. One of the most …
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U.S. Military and Veterans Affairs Nursing History
Military Nursing History
U.S. nurses (mostly males in the first century-and-a-half) have aided sick and wounded warfighters on the battlefield …
History of Army Corps of Engineers Projects: Missile and Space Programs to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
The evolution of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has mirrored the nation it serves. One of the most …
Command Failure: Lloyd Fredendall and the Battle of Kasserine Pass
Like Maj. Gen. George S. Patton, Maj. Gen. Lloyd Fredendall was “over the hill” – an exception to the cut-off …
Lt. James Reese Europe: The World Catches Jazz Fever, Compliments of the U.S. Army
For decades afterwards, people who were there would remember it as one of the most glorious moments in New York …
U.S. Armor Developments: World War II and After
Armor first appeared on the battlefield thousands of years ago, typically using layers of leather, wood – even silk – …
Knife on a Stick: The Rise and Fall of the Bayonet
Three hundred and eighty five men of Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s 20th Maine Regiment held the Union Army’s left flank …
The Man Who Invented the Obstacle Course
When World War II started in Europe in September 1939, the United States was the 17th largest military power. Its …
Above and Beyond the Call of Duty: Gen. George Marshall Obtains the Medal of Honor for Gen. Douglas MacArthur
On March 25, 1942, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall sent a memorandum to President Franklin Roosevelt marked …
The Son Tay Raid
May 1970: Air reconnaissance photographs of the North Vietnamese town of Son Tay, about 35 kilometers west of Hanoi, had …