100-Year-Old Flying Ace Is Promoted to Honorary Brigadier General by Air Force Chief Retired Col. Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson flew 116 combat missions in the European theater and shot down 16 enemies in his P-51...
'The Pied Piper of Saipan' Captured Hundreds of Enemy Troops at Age 18 During Guy Gabaldon's service in the Pacific Theater of World War II, the skill that came in most handy was his fluency in...
The Military Pledged to Remove Unexploded Bombs From This Island. Native Hawaiians Are Still Waiting. The Waikoloa Maneuver Area is a 185,000-acre site that was used by the U.S. military for live-fire training in the 1940s.
A World War II Flying Fortress Was Made into the ‘Gas Station Bomber’ on a $5 Bet For 60 years, a World War II-era B-17 Flying Fortress sat atop an Oregon service station, serving as a canopy for customers...
7 Real-Life Heroes You’ve Never Heard of from the Pearl Harbor Attack There were thousands on heroes during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Here are just seven notable examples.
An O-1 Took Command at Pearl Harbor and Took the Fight to the Japanese The USS Aylwin's crew took the fight to the sucker-punching Japanese Navy and naval air forces during and after its attack on...
14 Iconic Photos of Veterans and the Wars They Fought Check out a collection of quintessential photos honoring U.S. warfighters throughout history.
A World War II Veteran Escaped from a Nursing Home for the 70th Anniversary of D-Day After being denied a trip to return to Normandy for the 70th anniversary of the event with the Royal British Legion, World...
America's Most Decorated Native American Veteran Was Wounded In Three Wars Despite the troubled history between native tribes and the U.S. government, American Indians have served in every major...
Army's Historic WWII Training Grounds Named America's Newest National Monument This marks Biden's first national monument designation as president and ends a years-long legislative effort by Colorado's...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Army Offers $15,000 Reward for Info on Missing Guns and Other Gear at Fort Moore Army investigators are still searching for 31 M17 pistols that disappeared from Fort Moore, Georgia, earlier this year, but...
GOP Senator Stalls Promotion of General Who Became Symbol of Afghanistan Withdrawal Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue, who has been nominated to receive a fourth star and take command of U.S. Army forces in Europe...
House Approves Wide-Ranging Veterans Bill After Bipartisan Compromise Reached A wide-ranging veterans policy bill that would bolster home caregiver programs and support for homeless veterans, among other...