In the vein that documented historical facts are always a better story, and most certainly stranger than chimerical legends, myths and tall tales, I share this one from the deep ...

Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Strank is a revered historic figure and military hero in both the United States and the Slovak ...

Anyone interested in Chinese President Xi Jinping's blueprint for territorial expansion should read Chiang Kai-Shek's WW2 book, China's Destiny. As the leader of Nationalist China and a key U.S. ally, ...

Ronald Reagan (Captain) — Reagan breaks our string of Navy officers, as he joined the Army Reserve in April 1937. He was ...

The U.S. base on Okinawa has relocated 105 Marines. But an agreement to move 9,000 in total is colliding with the perceived threat from a rising China.

World War II Navy seaman Walter Marasco of Riggles Gap was never “a gung-ho military type,” according to Marasco’s son, Brian ...

Many who join the U.S. Navy often cite their desire to sail around the world as motivation. For James "Jim" Gardner, who enlisted during World War II in 1942, that was only part of the reason. The ...

Hell in the Pacific is a criminally underrated World War II film that starred none other than Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune.

World War II combat veterans experienced many horrors in their service. Some of the worst were endured by prisoners of war.

Many visitors come to dive the historic wreckage — remains of the Japanese naval stronghold in the Pacific. One of the most ...

The ouster of Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, only the second Black general to serve as Joint Chiefs chairman, is sure to send shock ...

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