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In the final winter of the Revolutionary War, Continental Army officers encamped at Newburgh, New York seethed over unpaid wages and uncertain futures. An anonymous circular dated March 10th, 1783 urged them to consider a more forceful stand against Congress, raising the specter of a military challenge to civilian authority. On March 15th, George Washington appeared unannounced at their meeting and asked permission t
A Medal of Honor story of audacity and precision in the skies over the Pacific during World War II.
The morning sky over northern Luzon is deceptively calm. From the cockpit of his sleek reconnaissance Mustang, Major William Arthur Shomo scans the broken clouds, hunting for airfields and antiaircraft positions that his ground commanders need to see. His mission is straightforward on paper: an armed photographic and strafing sweep over the Aparri and Laoag airdromes, far ahead of friendly lines.
How a 22-year-old automatic rifleman kept firing after losing both legs, and saved his platoon in the Philippine mountains of 1945.
How a 23-year-old pilot kept a burning Flying Fortress in the air long enough to save his crew over Nazi-occupied Europe.
In the spring of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson appeared before Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany, a dramatic reversal from his earlier campaign slogan of having kept the country out of the conflict. The decision followed Germany’s return to unrestricted submarine warfare, which had sent American ships and sailors to the bottom, and the revelation of the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Ger
Even as troops fought through Manila’s streets, the political leaders of the major Allied powers gathered thousands of miles away to shape the end of the war and the uneasy peace to follow. On February 4th, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin opened the Yalta Conference in the Crimean resort city of the same name.
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire and ultimate sacrifice in the Pacific campaign of World War II.
The 1st Marine Division’s history connects Pacific amphibious campaigns, Korea, Vietnam and later expeditionary operations. Its recipient records include Marines and supporting Navy personnel whose documented unit relationships span different eras and task organizations.
A story of a frozen fighting withdrawal and how it reshaped the war in Korea.
A story of air cavalry, hidden armies, and a brutal valley fight that previewed the grinding war still to come.
On April 6, 1865, Union infantry and cavalry struck separated portions of Lee’s retreating army. The fights at Hillsman Farm, Marshall’s Crossroads and Lockett Farm inflicted losses the Confederates could not readily replace and brought the campaign nearer its conclusion.
After the Wilderness, the armies fought for roads, salients and supply routes around Spotsylvania. The Bloody Angle was the most remembered episode, but the battle also included Laurel Hill, Heth’s Salient and later attempts to turn or break the defenses.
A story of a shattered defensive line, a race against explosives, and the one intact bridge that cracked open the last barrier into Germany.
A story of a nearly lost beach, scattered initiative, and how small groups clawed back the chance to win a war.
The struggle for Petersburg combined failed assaults, trench warfare, railway interdiction, and repeated battles on an expanding front. This overview follows the campaign from June 1864 through the April 1865 evacuation, preserving the distinctions between individual award actions.
Off the French port of Cherbourg, two warships met in a duel that captured worldwide attention and helped decide a quieter but crucial front in the Civil War. The Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama had spent years attacking Union merchant shipping across the globe, forcing the United States to divert warships to hunt her and driving up insurance rates.
Grant’s campaign brought a Union army across the Mississippi, isolated Vicksburg, and turned two failed assaults into a sustained siege. This overview connects the river operations, land battles, civilian experience, and recipient citations without treating every action as the same engagement.