Erwin Rommel Erwin Johannes Rommel was born in 1891 and he joined the German Army as a cadet in 1910.
D-Day Story: Garwood Bacon I enlisted in the Navy on Navy Day, November 11, 1941 as E-5 which is in the Naval Intelligence Branch in Philadelphia. My...
D-Day Story: James Hollis Dearden My name is James Hollis Bearden. I am an American citizen. I was born October 3, 1922 in Shelbyville, Tennessee.
D-Day Story: Frank Beetle We are discussing today Mr. Beetle's service in World War II specifically, his service in the lst Division on June 6 in...
D-Day Story: William D. Townsley I am Townsley, William D., service number 38370280. I was born August 8, 1923. I entered the armed service February 1943 at...
D-Day Story: Bernard S. Feinberg My name is Dr. Bernard S. Feinberg, and I am an American. I was born July 17, 1912 in West Hoboken, New Jersey.
D-Day Story: Joseph Henry Esclavon This is Joseph Henry Esclavon, my service number was 6244793. We arrived in Plymouth, England in the last part of December...
D-Day Story: Maro P. Flagg My name is Maro P. Flagg, former Chief Pharmacist's Mate of the U.S. Navy who took part in the invasion of Normandy and...
D-Day Story: Roy Aaron Ford As a Seabee, Roy Aaron Ford helped get soldiers and equipment onto the beaches of Normandy. Ford tells the story of the Rhino...
D-Day Story: B.B. Talley In June 1943, in the grade of Colonel, I had gone to England from Alaska and was nominally Engineer of V Corps stationed at...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...