The Still-Living Janitor Who Received a 'Posthumous' Medal of Honor Army Pvt. William Crawford was declared killed in action and was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor, which was presented to...
'Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death' Turns 250. Here's What It Meant in 1775 The printed version of Henry’s galvanizing speech in a crowded church was about 1,200 words. And yet those seven words have...
5 Powerful Artifacts in the New National Medal of Honor Museum The new National Medal of Honor Museum is set to officially open to the public on March 25, 2025, in Arlington, Texas.
A New Museum in Texas Tells the Life Stories of Medal of Honor Recipients A new museum devoted to telling the stories of those who have received the nation's highest military honor is opening this...
A Chinese Woman Led the Largest and Most Successful Pirate Fleet in History While Caribbean pirates like Blackbeard could boast a handful of ships and hundreds of men. Ching Shih commanded an entire...
The Release of a 1961 Plan to Break Up the CIA Revives an Old Conspiracy Theory About Who Killed JFK Special Assistant Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s memo ends with a previously redacted page that spells out a proposal to give...
Highest-Ranking Black Medal of Honor Recipient Erased in Pentagon DEI Purge The latest casualty in the Department of Defense's sweep of all things related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is...
WWII Airstrip in Central California Sold. It Was ‘The Country Club of Training Bases’ Located in western Fresno County about 10 miles south of Dos Palos and 15 miles north of Firebaugh, Eagle Field dates back to...
The Golden 14: How Black Women Exploited a Loophole to Serve During World War I The Golden 14 were attached to the USS Triton during World War I and served as the Navy's first enlisted Black women.
Pentagon Restores Histories of Navajo Code Talkers, Other Native Veterans After Public Outcry The Pentagon restored some webpages highlighting the crucial wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native...
Hegseth and Other Top Trump Officials Just Failed OPSEC Jeff The Atlantic editor-in-chief published a bombshell article detailing how members of the administration had accidentally...
Families at Utah Air Force Base Lose Day Care Center as Pentagon Slashes Personnel Spending Hill Air Force Base in Utah has closed one of its two day care centers, harming quality of life for some service members...
As Pentagon's Top Health Nominee Prepares for Confirmation Hearing, One Senator Has a Lot of Questions Keith Bass, a retired Navy commander who previously led the White House Medical Unit and the CIA's medical service office...
Banned Books, School Walkouts, Child Care Shortages: Military Families Confront Pentagon's Shifting Rules At a public school, the protest might have led to a detention and maybe some revoked after-school privileges. But on a...
Military Veterans Are Becoming the Face of Trump's Government Cuts and Democrats' Resistance As congressional lawmakers scramble to respond to President Donald Trump's slashing of the federal government, one group is...
![](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2023-03/ching%20shih%201200.jpg?itok=0MBEI37y "Sometimes called, Zheng Yi Sao or "Wife of Zheng Yi," she's known to history as Ching Shih for what she accomplished once he died.")
