Military History

Among the 150,000 soldiers who landed on and fought across the hostile beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, were 1,000...

Palestinians in Gaza have begun receiving humanitarian aid delivered through a newly completed floating pier off the coast of...

Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson died in his sleep at his home in Auburn, California, on May 17, 2024, just a little over a year...

Among the many historical items kept by the Coast Guard Historian’s Office is a copy of one of the most reproduced...

Historian Rob Citino describes the most perilous jobs American troops performed to help make D-Day a WWII turning point.

From basic training through his part in the Nuremberg trials, Capt. Charles Roland shares his exploits during World War II.

Ethan Morse served with the 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He describes what life...

I give you the stormer of beaches, the climber of mountains, the 60-horsepower smoke wagon, the World War 4x4 -- the...

When Marlon Green applied to Continental Airlines in 1957, he didn't put his race on the application.

Even though few veterans of what Russia calls the Great Patriotic War are still alive 79 years after Berlin fell to the Red...