NACA Beginnings
In hindsight, one of the strangest things about the Wright Brothers’ 1903 flight of a powered, pilot-controlled aircraft over …
World War II
NACA: Helping to Win World War II
A few months after the D-Day invasion, Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and his son John – …
D-Day: Sam Gibbons and the First Two Schlitz Beers in Normandy
“My equipment was typical for the jump that night,” wrote Capt. Sam Gibbons of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st …
The U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Scientiæ cedit mare (the sea yields to knowledge) – U.S. Coast Guard Academy motto since 1902
Responding to a proposal …
Book Review – Stay the Rising Sun
Phil Keith’s Stay the Rising Sun provides an intimate portrait of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV 2), her …
Air Force Dental Service
“Aspiring to the highest ideals of quality care, Air Force dentistry integrates modern treatment modalities, teaching, and research along …
V-E Day Commemorated by Warbird Flyover
Today, on Victory in Europe, or V-E Day, beginning just after 12:00 PM, a massive flyover of 15 successive formations …
Central and South America in World War II: The Real Soft Underbelly
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called Italy the “soft underbelly” of the Axis, which may have been true politically, but …
Operation Typhoon: The German Army Attempt to Capture Moscow
The map of the Eastern Front in Adolf Hitler’s bunker, the Wolfsschanze (Wolf’s Lair), in Rastenburg, East Prussia, revealed the …
“CHARGE!” Philippine Scouts and the Last Horse Cavalry Charge of the U.S. Army
On Jan. 3, 1942, Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma’s 14th Japanese Army captured the Philippine capital of Manila and was threatening …