The Liberty ships, 2,710 of which were built in a feat of mass production never equaled before or since, …

Of the many great and compelling sub-plots in World War II few can match and none can surpass the struggles …

Gavin Mortimer’s World War II in Secret: The Hidden Conflict 1939 to 1945, introduces the casual reader to the many …

A century after his July 1, 1898, charge up San Juan Hill in Cuba, the nation awarded the Medal of …

For survivors of the greatest conflict in history, the brave new post-World War II landscape could not have been …

Renowned Civil War historian James M. McPherson’s Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg first came out some 12 years ago, …

In hindsight, one of the strangest things about the Wright Brothers’ 1903 flight of a powered, pilot-controlled aircraft over …

A few months after the D-Day invasion, Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and his son John – …

“My equipment was typical for the jump that night,” wrote Capt. Sam Gibbons of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st …

Phil Keith’s Stay the Rising Sun provides an intimate portrait of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV 2), her …