Military History

Support for a USS Arizona memorial received a huge boost on March 25, 1961, when Elvis Presley performed a benefit concert at...

V-J Day commemorates the Allied victory over Japan in World War II on Sept. 2, 1945.

It was only after World War II that returning U.S. troops, who were forced to brush their teeth as part of the U.S. Army's...

Former Army Lt. William Calley Jr., who died in April, was the only U.S. service member convicted for participating in what...

James P. Connor received the Medal of Honor after leading his troops through an impenetrable wall of mortars.

Navajo Code Talkers, who once faced restrictions on speaking about their crucial role in World War II, are now celebrated as...

On August 7, take a moment to hear a wounded veteran's story and learn what the Purple Heart means.

For more than 230 years, the first line of American coastal defense has been the United States Coast Guard.

Millions of men and women have served in the United States military and gone on to lead productive lives as civilians. A very...

At a time when the United States was still divided by segregation, Navy pilots Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner were a model of...