The USS West Virgina (BB-48) seen here in 1943 was sent to the bottom of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, but was raised from…
I hate to blog about Afghanistan. It’s another defeat for America’s “police the world” and nation-building efforts. But after all, it’s also war history in…
The “new” USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) takes shape at General Dynamics’ Electric Boat Division in Groton, Conn. Her keel was laid in 2018, and…
After the aerial bombardments and missile strikes, someone has to put boots on the ground and actually occupy the enemy territory. That job often falls…
Even the universal warning symbol for biological hazards looks threatening with the claw-like shapes ready to latch on or bite unsuspecting victims. Biological warfare can…
With the exception of WW I’s famous Christmas Truce in 1914, Christmas war is more common that Christmas peace.
A modern map of Wake Island atoll, which is literally on the edge of nowhere in the vast Pacific Ocean, but so important strategically the…
These flags were erected along roads in and around an O’Fallon, Illinois, park to mark Veteran’s Day 2020. They reminded me of all the WW…
Historian Stephen Ambrose says with a little bit of luck, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer could have been elected president of the United States, IF…
Americans have been rioting for a long time. Five civilians died when British troops fired on demonstrators in Boston, Mass., on March 5, 1770. This…