New Historical Drama Series 'King and Conqueror' Builds Up to the Battle of Hastings Historians might disagree on whose side of the story is more accurate, but screenwriters and producers agree that no matter...
Navy Sailor Recalls What Storming Omaha Beach on D-Day Was Like A year after joining the Navy the day after graduating high school, Robert Curl of Alabama found himself on Omaha Beach...
The Civilian Who Fought Back Against Japanese Fighters at Pearl Harbor with a Crane It's believed Walters' crane helped sailors from the Pennsylvania shoot down at least eight to 10 attacking fighters.
Did Napoleon Really Fire at the Pyramids? A Historian Explains the Truth Behind the Legends of Ridley Scott’s Biopic Director Ridley Scott is not a historian and presumably wants to entertain rather than to enlighten. But the problem of...
How Four Nuns Became the First Native American Women to Serve in the US Military Today, American Indians and Alaska Natives serve in the Armed Forces at five times the national average — with the women...
Why Future President Jimmy Carter Joined the Navy During World War II Long before becoming a peanut farmer or entering politics, Jimmy Carter joined the military.
'The Metal Detector' Reunites Descendants of a B-17 Crew Shot Down in World War II "The Metal Detector" began airing on PBS and on PBS.org starting on Nov. 11, 2023.
This World War II Vet's Renowned Novel on Japanese Samurai to Become Epic TV Series James Clavell had some of the worst luck during his military service, but he would later use all of it to shape his future...
Denzel Washington Will Terrorize Rome as Legendary General Hannibal Barca There are countless movies about or set in the Roman Empire, but it sometimes feels like Hollywood forgot about Hannibal...
More Than 100 Years Later, Army Overturns Convictions of 110 Black Soldiers After 1917 Houston Riots In a ceremony at the Buffalo Soldier Museum in Houston, Army officials said that historians found many "irregularities" in...
Marine Recruiter Who Wrote ‘Memoir’ About Teenage Recruit Sentenced to Prison Nearly a year after then-Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Champagne self-published a memoir about his inappropriate relationship with...
Five Chinese Nationals Charged with Covering Up Midnight Visit to Michigan Military Site U.S. authorities charged five Chinese nationals with lying and trying to cover their tracks, more than a year after they were...
Air Force Has a Problem Recruiting for Special Warfare Jobs, New Report Finds The Rand Corp. released a study detailing the issues the Air Force has faced in getting recruits to join Special Warfare...
1,000 Active-Duty Soldiers Called Up to Assist with Hurricane Helene Response The 1,000 troops, an Infantry Battalion Task Force formed from the XVIII Airborne Corps, are from the 82nd Airborne Division...
Army Testing Robot Dogs Armed with Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Rifles in Middle East The Army was testing at least one armed quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle at an installation in Saudi Arabia.