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…
Died – 54, 246 Wounded – 103,284 MIAs – 8,177 I haven’t written much about the Korean War so it’s time to correct that oversight.…
My son Glenn Peterson, his wife Amanda, and their two daughters Jane and Anne took me to the newly renovated St. Louis Soldiers Memorial. The…
It was 5 a.m., Paris time, Nov. 11, 1918. Sunrise was still nearly three hours away. A group of war-weary or desperate British, French and…
Film legend Steven Spielberg released Saving Private Ryan 20 years ago, and it has since been hailed by some as the “greatest war movie ever…
Film legend Steven Spielberg released the iconic Saving Private Ryan 20 years ago. Although hailed by some as the “greatest war movie ever made,” I…
Everyone who has ever seen a Star Trek or Star Wars movie knows future wars will be fought in space. President Trump apparently has seen…
For most of history, warriors killed in action were subjected to inglorious, anonymous burials in mass graves … if they were buried at all. Someone…