Orchard Knob and Chattanooga
While East Tennessee struggled under siege, another crucial city lay under Confederate observation at Chattanooga, a gateway through the mountains into the Deep South.
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Organized resistance breaks in Fallujah
In the Iraq War, the second battle for the city of Fallujah became one of the most intense urban fights American forces had seen in generations.
OV-10 Bronco
A story of low-and-slow fire support, told through the aircrews who flew the Bronco into the jungle fight and the troops who depended on them.
Ova A. Kelley
Before dawn on Leyte, the world was reduced to shadows, muzzle flashes, and the flat crack of Japanese rifles. Company A of the 382nd Infantry had clawed its way to the edge of the enemy‑held Buri airstrip, then stalled. Out in front, less than a hundred yards away, Japanese soldiers were dug into bomb craters and a drainage ditch, their machine guns perfectly sighted on every patch of open ground. Anyone who tried t
Owen F. P. Hammerberg
Beyond the Call: Medal of Honor Stories — Dispatch: U.S.
Owen Francis Patrick Hammerberg
By February 1945, much of Pearl Harbor had returned to the business of war. Battleships and carriers came and went; convoys formed up and headed west toward Iwo Jima and Okinawa. But in a side channel called West Loch, the harbor still hid a graveyard. Months earlier, a chain of explosions had torn through a cluster of tank landing ships loading ammunition for the Pacific campaign.
Pancho Villa’s raid on Columbus, New Mexico and the Punitive Expedition
Shortly before the United States entered the First World War, the Army found itself responding to a different kind of threat much closer to home. In the early hours of March 9th, 1916, fighters loyal to Mexican revolutionary leader Francisco “Pancho” Villa crossed the border and attacked the town of Columbus, New Mexico, as well as a nearby Army camp. The raid killed soldiers and civilians, burned buildings, and shoc
Paris Peace Accords signed
On January 27th, 1973, delegations in Paris signed an agreement intended to end direct American involvement in the Vietnam War. The Paris Peace Accords called for a ceasefire, the withdrawal of United States combat forces, the return of prisoners of war, and a political process meant to reconcile rival Vietnamese governments. In practice, North Vietnamese units remained in the South, and both sides viewed the ceasefi
Patrick L. Kessler
A Medal of Honor story of relentless courage under fire in the Italian campaign of World War II.
Paul Revere’s Ride and the colonial alarm network
On this night, a carefully prepared warning system in Massachusetts sprang into action as British regulars marched out of Boston toward Concord. Lanterns hung in a Boston church gave the first signal, and riders like Paul Revere and William Dawes carried the alarm through the countryside to local militia leaders. They were not lone heroes improvising on the spot but part of an organized network of patriot couriers, g
Pennsylvania-class Battleships
A story of heavy guns, armored decks, and crews who learned to fight an early-twentieth-century battleship through a very different kind of war.
Pentagon is dedicated
While frontline units fought across oceans, the War Department was attempting to manage a truly global conflict from Washington. On January 15th, 1943, officials dedicated the Pentagon, a vast five–sided building designed to bring scattered offices under one roof. The new headquarters gave Army leadership a centralized nerve center for planning, logistics, and personnel management, replacing a confusing patchwork of
Pershing’s Punitive Expedition into Mexico
In early 1916, a cross-border raid on Columbus, New Mexico by forces loyal to Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa shocked the United States and demanded a response. On March 15th, the Army launched a punitive expedition under John J. Pershing, sending columns of cavalry, infantry, trucks, and even a small aviation detachment across the desert into northern Mexico. The mission aimed to capture Villa and deter further i
Peter J. Dalessandro
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Battle of the Bulge.
Philippine independence proclaimed
On July 4th, 1946, in Manila, the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines, ending decades of colonial rule that had begun after the Spanish-American War. The ceremony marked a major shift in America’s role in the western Pacific, as a territory that had seen fierce fighting during the Second World War now stood as a sovereign partner.
Port Chicago explosion
While soldiers and sailors fought overseas, the home front carried its own risks. At Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, largely African American enlisted sailors worked dangerous shifts loading ammunition onto ships bound for the Pacific. Shortly before midnight on July 17th, 1944, a massive explosion tore through the pier and two munitions-laden ships, killing three hundred twenty men and injuring many more
Potsdam Declaration issued
As fighting still raged in the Pacific, leaders of the United States, Britain, and China issued a stark ultimatum to Japan from their conference outside Berlin. The Potsdam Declaration called on Japan to surrender unconditionally or face “prompt and utter destruction,” while also sketching the outlines of postwar occupation, disarmament, and the rebuilding of Japanese society.
Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
Jumping forward to the American Civil War, September 22nd, 1862, marked a profound shift in the Union’s war aims when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.