Rebuilding the Pentagon
If you compare an overhead picture of the Pentagon today with one from 1943, they’ll look pretty much the same, …
Military History
Seabees: The History of U.S. Naval Construction Battalions
As the prospect of war with Japan loomed in the late 1930s, the U.S. Navy began a massive base-building program …
The Pentagon: Building An Icon
“Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it be…
The Pentagon in Peace and War
Even today, 75 years later, the numbers are staggering: The massive building, constructed to bring the U.S. Department of War …
New Destroyer Named for Sen. Ted Stevens
Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer named a future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in honor of U.S. Senator Ted …
A New Home: How the Pentagon Came to Be
On Thursday, July 17, 1941, the day that New York Yankees centerfielder Joe DiMaggio would go 0-3 against the Cleveland …
Ready To Eat! Thirty Years of the MRE: New Processing Technologies and the Coming of Ketchup and Mustard
In the final installment of our series on the Meal, Ready to Eat and its 30 years of history we …
Brain Buckets, Tin Hats, and Steel Pots: Helmets Have Improved Over Nearly a Century of Use
It’s hard not to get a sickening feeling, staring at photographs of all the gallant young soldiers, resplendent in their …
The Christmas Truce, 1914
The Imperial War Museum photograph captures the oddity of the Christmas Truce, where British and German troops met in no …
Hitler’s Winter Blunder
On Nov. 8, 1941, Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels published an article in the magazine Reich that called …