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Gallantry in Action

The story of Lt. Charles Gatewood and the Apache Scouts who served with him during The Geronimo Campaign             Despite his general lack of notoriety, Lieutenant Charles Baher Gatewood of…

Writing Great Essay about Veterans

Veterans are men and women who did military service in order to honor and protect their country. Do you have to write an essay about this topic and struggle coming…

Review: The Commander’s Voice by “Moon” Mullins

Published on Amazon in April of 2020, The History of the 82nd Signal Battalion World War I and World War II: The Commander’s Voice is the story of the original…

REVIEW: Stilwell the Patriot: Vinegar Joe, the Brits, and Chiang Kai-Shek by David Rooney

Joe Stilwell was known as “Vinegar Joe” for his abrasive personality. A 1904 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, Stilwell rose to the rank of…

Edward “Teddy” Sheean

Studio portrait of the Sheean brothers of Lower Barrington, Tasmania, both Australian sailors serving on HMAS Derwent. On the left is H1646 Stoker Class II Thomas (Mick) Sheean and on…

WATCH: Private Snafu – The Infantry Blues

PRIVATE SNAFU: Episode 5 – The Infantry Blues Private Snafu was the title character of a series of American instructional cartoon shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, produced by Warner Bros., between…

French Ceremony held in Stuttgart, Germany on May 3, 1945

French Ceremony held in Stuttgart, Germany on May 3, 1945, where awards are being presented by General de Lottre de Tassigny, 1st French Army commander to French soldiers and American…

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“Operation Market I”: the airborne operation to seize bridges between Arnhem and Eindhoven, Holland, (part of “Operation Market Garden”). Oblique photographic-reconnaissance aerial showing Douglas Dakotas dropping paratroops of 1st Airborne…

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Orders in hand, Capt. Marc A. Mitscher, U.S.N., skipper of the U.S.S. Hornet (CU-8) chats with Maj. Gen. James Doolittle, U.S. Army. Some of the 80 Army fliers who took…

ARGunners – World Wars News History

The LRP/LRDG was created by Major Ralph A. Bagnold, a... Read More The story of Lt. Charles Gatewood and the Apache Scouts... Read More Operation Greif (German: Unternehmen Greif) was…