Japanese Submarine and Air Attacks on the American Mainland
At 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Monday, Feb. 23, 1942, Washington’s Birthday, Americans living in and around the Ellwood oil …
Military History
E.V. Voska: The U.S. Army Captain Who Founded Czechoslovakia
There seems to be a rule somewhere that any time a nation’s founding fathers are depicted in a group photograph …
The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife
“In close-quarters fighting there is no more deadly weapon than the knife.”
– William Ewart Fairbairn, Get tough!: How to …
The Faustian Bargain: Industrialist Fritz Thyssen and the Nazis
“Fritz Thyssen, German industrialist who gave Reichsfuehrer Hitler early financial backing, is now in the hands of the Gestapo, it …
Richard Tregaskis at Guadalcanal: A War Correspondent’s Story
For journalists, being a war correspondent in World War II was the opportunity of a lifetime. Hundreds received their credentials …
Digital Magazine: Naval Station Norfolk
Naval Station Norfolk, the largest naval base in the world, celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2017. Founded on a …
The Odyssey of Apollo 11
By the summer of 1969, almost every element of the Apollo program had been tested and proven. The massive …
The Royce Special Mission
On April 9, 1942, the American and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula surrendered. Japanese conquest of the Philippines was …
Before NAVAIR Was NAVAIR
For many years after the Wright brothers made history at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, human flight still wasn’t taken seriously …
The Fall of Ernst Udet and Gerd von Rundstedt
“There were no preparations for a prolonged struggle. Everything was based on the idea of a decisive result before the …