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Issue 34 · 9 min read
This Week in History August 25th, 2026 – August 31st, 2026
From August 25th, 2026 through August 31st, 2026, the calendar links moments that stretch from the Revolutionary War to the close of America’s longest conflict.
Issue 02 · 13 min read
Beyond the Call: Major General James Lewis Day at Sugar Loaf Hill, Okinawa, 1945
A Medal of Honor story of stubborn courage and small-unit leadership in the Pacific war’s last great battle.
Issue 05 · 13 min read
Beyond the Call: Private First Class Thomas Eugene “Gene” Atkins at the Villa Verde Trail, Luzon, 1945
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire and stubborn defense in the Pacific war.
Issue 12 · 12 min read
This Week in History March 24th, 2026 – March 30th, 2026
From March 24th, 2026 through March 30th, 2026, the calendar links a surprising mix of moments from the long story of United States arms.
Issue 29 · 11 min read
This Week in History July 21st, 2026 – July 27th, 2026
From July 21st, 2026 through July 27th, 2026, the United States military calendar brings together a striking range of anniversaries.
Issue 44 · 11 min read
Into Panama City: How U.S. Forces Toppled Noriega in a Lightning Campaign
A story of a fast, hard night strike to remove a dictator and reshape the balance of power in a vital crossroads of the Americas.
Issue 47 · 9 min read
This Week in History November 24th, 2026 – November 30th, 2026
From November 24th, 2026 through November 30th, 2026, the calendar links a series of moments when United States arms, diplomacy, and conscience were all tested.
Issue 33 · 12 min read
Private First Class Leonard C. Brostrom: The Scout Who Wouldn’t Stop
Medal of Honor, U.S. Army, World War II
Issue 06 · 13 min read
Beyond the Call: Private First Class Dirk John Cornelius Vlug at Limon, Leyte, 1944
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Pacific war.
Issue 11 · 15 min read
UH-1 Huey and Its Variants in Air Assault over Vietnam, Vietnam War
A story of reach, survivability, and adaptation told through the pilots, crews, and troops who lived and fought under the Huey’s rotors.
Issue 17 · 13 min read
Beyond the Call: Commander Cassin Young at Pearl Harbor, 1941
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the opening hours of World War II in the Pacific.
Issue 09 · 10 min read
This Week in History March 3rd, 2026 – March 9th, 2026
As the calendar moves from early to mid-March, the dates from March 3rd, 2026 through March 9th, 2026 line up with some of the most consequential and debated moments in United States military history.
Issue 09 · 9 min read
Secrets at Sixty Thousand Feet: The U-2 Program and the Day Powers Was Shot Down
A story of secret overflights, Cold War nerves, and the moment a “untouchable” spy plane finally fell from the sky.
Issue 24 · 12 min read
Shadows Over the Coral Sea: How American Flyers Stopped a Japanese Invasion at Long Range
An unfolding story of carrier decks, radio reports, and long-range strikes that reshaped the Pacific war before the fleets ever met face to face.
Issue 48 · 11 min read
Beyond the Call: Captain John Philip Cromwell off Truk Island, 1943
A Medal of Honor story of sacrifice and moral courage in the Pacific war.
Issue 03 · 14 min read
M41 Walker Bulldog in Armored Reconnaissance, the Cold War
A story of mobility, firepower, and adaptation told through a light tank and the crews who drove it into the heart of the Cold War’s proxy wars.
Issue 21 · 12 min read
Broken Arrows and Hot Landing Zones: How Ia Drang Foreshadowed the Long War in Vietnam
A story of air cavalry, hidden armies, and a brutal valley fight that previewed the grinding war still to come.
Issue 15 · 10 min read
“Cactus” Under Fire: How Marines and Soldiers Held Henderson Field Night After Night
A story of a jungle airstrip, thin lines of Marines and soldiers, and how local air power reshaped the Pacific war.
Issue 20 · 13 min read
Minuteman III ICBM in the Land-Based Nuclear Deterrent, Cold War to Today
A story of survivability and instant readiness told through the crews who sat on alert and the crises they hoped would never come.
Issue 36 · 11 min read
“He Gallantly Gave His Life”: First Lieutenant Harry Linn Martin on Iwo Jima
An Ohio engineer officer who turned a rear-area camp into a last-ditch defensive line
Issue 35 · 12 min read
“You Engage, You Fight, You Win”
John D. Bulkeley and the PT Boats of the Philippines
Issue 45 · 13 min read
Beyond the Call: Second Lieutenant Robert M. Viale at Manila, 1945
A Medal of Honor story of sacrifice and courage in World War II’s Pacific campaign.
Issue 14 · 16 min read
New Mexico-class Battleships in the Pacific, World War II
A story of firepower, adaptation, and endurance told through the gun crews, lookouts, and engineers who carried these older battleships into the heart of the Pacific War.
Issue 45 · 15 min read
Arsenal: C-5 Galaxy in Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 1990–1991
A story of reach and risk told through the aircrews who flew one of the largest aircraft ever built into the heart of modern war.
Issue 20 · 8 min read
This Week in History May 19th, 2026 – May 25th, 2026
From May 19th, 2026 through May 25th, 2026, the calendar brings us back to a set of days crowded with hard decisions, desperate assaults, and quiet acts of courage across United States military history.
Issue 47 · 11 min read
Burned-Out Convoys in the Desert: How Air Power Shattered Iraq’s Escape From Kuwait
A story of a retreat turned into a deadly gauntlet, and how air power reshaped the end of the Gulf War.
Issue 01 · 11 min read
The Blood-Soaked Reef: How the Fight for Tarawa Shaped Amphibious Warfare
A story of a brutal island landing, a coral reef turned killing ground, and how one short battle rewrote amphibious warfare.
Issue 22 · 11 min read
This Week in History June 2nd, 2026 – June 8th, 2026
From June 2nd, 2026 through June 8th, 2026, the calendar brings us face to face with some of the most revealing moments in United States military history.
Issue 01 · 14 min read
Arsenal: Fletcher-class Destroyers in the Pacific, World War II
A story of reach, adaptability, and hard fighting told through the destroyer crews who carried the war across the Pacific.
Issue 26 · 13 min read
This Week in History June 30th, 2026 – July 6th, 2026
The days from June 30th, 2026 through July 6th, 2026 trace a powerful arc through United States military history, from the birth of the nation to the hard lessons of modern warfare.
Issue 17 · 12 min read
Pickets in Harm’s Way: How Small Ships Took the Brunt at Okinawa
A story of small ships on lonely stations, taking the worst hits so the Okinawa invasion could hold together under fire.
Issue 13 · 14 min read
M26 Pershing in Europe and Korea, 1945–1951
A story of firepower and adaptation told through the crews who took the Pershing from the ruins of Germany to the hills of Korea.
Issue 37 · 13 min read
North to the Netherlands: How American and Allied Paratroopers Fought for the Bridges of Market Garden
A story of a bold airborne gamble, a narrow road north, and the bridges that proved just one too many.
Issue 30 · 14 min read
Arsenal: E-3 Sentry AWACS over the Persian Gulf, 1991
A story of airborne radar, battle management, and nervous crews watching the air war unfold on glowing scopes far from the front line.
Issue 15 · 14 min read
F-111 Aardvark in Deep Strike, The Cold War
A story of long-range, low-level strike power told through the crews who trusted a swing-wing bomber to take them into the heart of modern air defenses and back again.
Issue 40 · 11 min read
Lines in the Sea: How the Cuban Quarantine Brought the World Close to Nuclear War
A story of a tense naval cordon, nuclear brinkmanship, and how one week at sea pushed the Cold War to the edge and back again.
Issue 49 · 14 min read
Arsenal: M88 Hercules in Armored Recovery, Operation Iraqi Freedom
A story of hard-learned recovery, brute-force engineering, and keeping broken armor in the fight when everything else says it should be left behind.
Issue 04 · 10 min read
This Week in History January 27th, 2026 – February 2nd, 2026
From January 27th, 2026 through February 2nd, 2026, the calendar brings together moments of conquest, reform, innovation, and bitter reckoning in United States military history.
Issue 20 · 7 min read
Cambrai: The First Great Tank Offensive
To mark the release of my new book, Cambrai: The First Great Tank Offensive, the first volume in the Famous Tank Battles series, this article looks back at the battle that helped reveal the future of mechanized warfare. Fought in November Nineteen Seventeen, Cambrai was not simply a dramatic debut for the tank on a large scale. It was a battlefield experiment in surprise, coordination, technology, and adaptation, where British Mark IV tanks helped crack the Hindenburg Line but could not, by themselves, turn breakthrough into victory. Its lessons still matter because Cambrai showed both the promise of armored warfare and the hard truth that no machine wins a battle alone.
Issue 18 · 10 min read
This Week in History May 5th, 2026 – May 11th, 2026
From May 5th, 2026 through May 11th, 2026, the calendar lines up with a remarkable spread of turning points in United States military history.
Issue 19 · 14 min read
Holding the Pusan Perimeter: How American and Allied Troops Bought Time With Every Hill
A story of a shrinking beachhead, exhausted troops, and how their stand kept South Korea from collapsing in 1950.
Issue 51 · 13 min read
Across the Delaware in the Dark: How Washington’s Surprise Attack at Trenton Kept the American Revolution Alive
A story of a winter river crossing, a worn-out army on the edge of defeat, and how one night’s gamble kept the Revolution alive.
Issue 26 · 14 min read
Arsenal: F-4 Phantom II in the Air War over Vietnam, 1965–1973
A story of multirole firepower and adaptation, told through the aircrews who flew the Phantom into the teeth of the Vietnam War’s fiercest defenses.
Issue 16 · 13 min read
Climb to Suribachi: How Marines Seized Iwo Jima at Terrible Cost
A story of a volcanic ridge, two flags in the wind, and a fight that reshaped the Pacific war’s final months.
Issue 41 · 8 min read
This Week in History October 13th, 2026 – October 19th, 2026
From October 13th, 2026 through October 19th, 2026, the calendar links today’s readers to moments when the United States military helped shape the course of a young republic, preserved a divided union, confronted global enemies…
Issue 23 · 13 min read
Beyond the Call: Corporal Hershel “Woody” Williams at Iwo Jima, 1945
A Medal of Honor story of relentless courage under fire in the Pacific War of World War II.
Issue 18 · 15 min read
C-130 Hercules in Tactical Airlift, Cold War to Today
A story of rugged, go-anywhere airlift told through the crews who flew into short, rough strips under fire and the troops who depended on them.
Issue 27 · 9 min read
This Week in History July 7th, 2026 – July 13th, 2026
From July 7th, 2026 through July 13th, 2026, this week’s Dispatch takes us from the first days of American independence to the early Cold War.
Issue 05 · 11 min read
This Week in History February 3rd, 2026 – February 9th, 2026
From February 3rd, 2026 through February 9th, 2026, this edition of “This Week in U.S.
Issue 10 · 11 min read
Raid on Son Tay: Special Forces, Air Power, and a Mission With No Prisoners
A story of a precision raid, a missing prize, and how a failed rescue still reshaped a distant war.
Issue 19 · 12 min read
Beyond the Call: Commander Lawson Paterson “Red” Ramage off Taiwan, 1944
A Medal of Honor story of audacious leadership under fire in the Pacific war of World War II.
Issue 44 · 13 min read
Beyond the Call: Private First Class Harold Gonsalves at Okinawa Shima, 1945
A Medal of Honor story of selfless sacrifice and battlefield leadership in World War II.
Issue 07 · 11 min read
This Week in History February 17th, 2026 – February 23rd, 2026
From February 17th, 2026 through February 23rd, 2026, the military calendar brings together a striking mix of frontier skirmishes, civil war cities in flames, Pacific islands under bombardment, and armored columns racing across…
Issue 17 · 14 min read
M65 Atomic Cannon in Atomic Testing at the Nevada Test Site, Early Cold War
A story of nuclear firepower and uneasy deterrence told through the crews, observers, and test shots that defined the United States’ only nuclear gun.
Issue 15 · 11 min read
This Week in History April 14th, 2026 – April 20th, 2026
From April 14th, 2026 through April 20th, 2026, the calendar lines up with a series of turning points in United States military history.
Issue 12 · 13 min read
Beyond the Call: Second Lieutenant Walter Edward Truemper over Leipzig, 1944
A Medal of Honor story of sacrifice and steadfast loyalty in the air war over Europe in World War II.
Issue 11 · 12 min read
“Underway on Nuclear Power”: USS Nautilus and the Birth of the Nuclear Navy
A story of nuclear propulsion, undersea endurance, and how one boat reshaped the Cold War at sea.
Issue 02 · 12 min read
Breakout From Chosin: How Surrounded Marines Fought Their Way to the Sea
A story of a frozen fighting withdrawal and how it reshaped the war in Korea.
Issue 28 · 16 min read
Arsenal: Gato and Balao-class Submarines in the Pacific Undersea Campaign, World War II
A story of reach, endurance, and silent pressure told through the boats, their crews, and the tonnage war beneath the Pacific.
Issue 28 · 13 min read
Hard Lessons at Kasserine: How a Bruising Loss Reshaped American Leadership and Tactics
A story of a painful first defeat and how it forced a new army to relearn leadership, tactics, and trust in combat.
Issue 22 · 11 min read
Ten Days Up a Jungle Ridge: How the Fight for Hamburger Hill Changed the War Debate
A story of a grinding hill assault, exhausted rifle companies, and a single ridge that reshaped the war back home.
Issue 49 · 11 min read
Beyond the Call: Technical Sergeant Peter J. Dalessandro at Kalterherberg, 1944
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Battle of the Bulge.
Issue 45 · 9 min read
This Week in History November 10th, 2026 – November 16th, 2026
From November 10th, 2026 through November 16th, 2026, the calendar lines up with a series of anniversaries that trace the long arc of American arms.
Issue 21 · 13 min read
Beyond the Call: Captain Francis B. Wai at Red Beach, Leyte, 1944
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Pacific war.
Issue 38 · 15 min read
Aegis Combat System in the U.S. Fleet, Cold War to Today
A story of layered air defense and digital command told through the sailors and crises that made Aegis indispensable.
Issue 32 · 13 min read
Arsenal: RC-135 Rivet Joint over the Gulf, Operation Desert Storm
A story of reach, listening power, and adaptation told through the crews who rode a jetliner-turned-spyplane into Iraq’s most dangerous airspace.
Issue 41 · 16 min read
Arsenal: HH-60G Pave Hawk in Combat Search and Rescue, Global War on Terror
A story of reach, survivability, and stubborn determination told through the aircrews and ground teams who trusted this helicopter to bring them home alive.
Issue 16 · 12 min read
Beyond the Call: Lieutenant Colonel Harold W. Bauer at Guadalcanal, 1942
A Medal of Honor story of relentless courage in the skies over the Solomon Islands in World War II.
Issue 37 · 11 min read
This Week in History September 15th, 2026 – September 21st, 2026
From September 15th, 2026 through September 21st, 2026, the calendar links moments of crisis, adaptation, and transformation across American arms.
Issue 32 · 9 min read
This Week in History August 11th, 2026 – August 17th, 2026
From August 11th, 2026 through August 17th, 2026, the calendar carries echoes of American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines fighting, failing, learning, and ultimately reshaping the world around them.
Issue 06 · 11 min read
Black Hawk Down: How Rangers and Delta Held On in the Streets of Mogadishu
A story of an urban raid that turned into a street-by-street survival fight and how it reshaped American intervention abroad.
Issue 26 · 14 min read
Beyond the Call: Corporal Arthur O. Beyer near Arloncourt, Belgium, 1945
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Second World War.
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