Ambush near LZ Albany
In Vietnam’s Central Highlands, the fighting around the Ia Drang Valley marked one of the first large-scale clashes between American airmobile forces and North Vietnamese regulars.
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American forces cross into Germany
Less than a year later on the calendar, December 1st, 1918, American troops of the newly designated occupation forces began crossing into Germany itself.
American Troops Enter Manila
Two years after Guadalcanal, American forces were fighting their way back into the Philippines, determined to liberate a key Allied nation and reclaim a major strategic hub. On February 3rd, 1945, elements of the United States Sixth Army, advancing from the Lingayen Gulf landings, reached the outskirts of Manila and began pushing into the city. Filipino guerrillas and local residents helped guide units toward key obj
Americans at Château-Thierry
Only days after Cantigny, the German army surged toward the Marne River, aiming for a breakthrough that might force France to its knees. On May 31st, 1918, elements of the American 3rd Division moved into position near the town of Château-Thierry, where bridges over the Marne became critical chokepoints.
Amphibious landing at Inchon, Korea
Early in the Korean War, United Nations forces clung to a shrinking perimeter around Pusan while North Korean troops pressed hard along the front.
Amphibious landing at Veracruz in the Mexican-American War
A generation after New Providence, the United States undertook a much larger and more complex amphibious operation on March 9th, 1847, when General Winfield Scott’s army came ashore near the Mexican port of Veracruz. Supported by a strong naval flotilla, thousands of soldiers landed by surfboat in carefully planned waves along an open beach, establishing a ring around the city with remarkably few casualties in the in
Annexation of Hawaii Approved
On July 7th, 1898, as the United States waged war against Spain, Congress approved a joint resolution to annex the Hawaiian Islands. American sugar interests and political figures in Hawaii had pushed for closer ties for years, but the Spanish–American War threw the strategic value of the islands into sharp relief.
Announcing the Truman Doctrine
With the Second World War over but tensions rising, leaders in Washington faced new questions about how far the United States should go in supporting other nations against pressure from powerful neighbors. On March 12th, 1947, President Truman addressed Congress to request aid for Greece and Turkey, framing the issue as a wider commitment to assist free peoples resisting subjugation.
Anti-aircraft barrage over Los Angeles
In the dark hours of February 25th, 1942, only weeks after Pearl Harbor and just days after a Japanese submarine shelled an oil facility near Santa Barbara, air raid sirens wailed across the Los Angeles area. Searchlights probed the sky, and anti-aircraft batteries opened fire on what many believed were incoming Japanese bombers. For hours, crews unleashed thousands of rounds, filling the night with noise, smoke, and
Anton L. Krotiak
The air over Balete Pass crackled with small-arms fire and the flat explosions of grenades. On the steep slope of Hill B, a narrow finger of ground jutting out above the zigzag road that threaded the Caraballo Mountains, five exhausted American infantrymen hugged the earth around a captured Japanese trench. It was 8 May 1945, deep in the Battle of Luzon, and Private First Class Anton L.
ANZUS security treaty signed in San Francisco
In the early Cold War, the United States joined with Australia and New Zealand to sign a mutual security pact known as the ANZUS treaty.
Apollo 11 lunar landing
Although conducted by a civilian space agency, the Apollo program drew heavily on rocket, guidance, and communications technology developed alongside the United States military during the Cold War. On July 20th, 1969, the lunar module Eagle descended to the Moon’s surface while the command module Columbia orbited overhead, all under the watchful eyes of controllers on Earth.
Armistice and the End of World War I Combat
On November 11th, 1918, guns along the Western Front at last fell silent as the armistice between the Allies and Germany took effect at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Armored combat in the Gulf War
A story of high-tech American armor meeting Soviet-designed tanks in the desert and how it reshaped modern ground warfare.
Army aviation crash at Fort Myer
At the dawn of military aviation, the United States Army experimented with powered flight on a parade ground at Fort Myer, Virginia.
“Arsenal of Democracy” fireside chat
As war raged in Europe and Asia, President Franklin Roosevelt took to the radio on December 29th, 1940, to explain why events overseas mattered deeply to American security.
Arthur F. DeFranzo
A Medal of Honor story of sacrifice and battlefield leadership in the Normandy campaign of World War II.
Arthur O. Beyer
The January sky over eastern Belgium is the color of steel, low clouds pressing down on snow-covered fields. An American armored task force eases forward along a narrow road when the world ahead of it suddenly erupts. Antitank rounds smash into the frozen earth, machine guns rake the ditches, and rifle fire lashes out from a ridgeline roughly two hundred yards in front of the column. Inside one of the lead tank destr