Sinking of USS Reuben James
In the early hours of October 31st, 1941, the Clemson-class destroyer USS Reuben James was escorting a convoy near Iceland when a German submarine fired a spread of torpedoes into the formation.
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SR-71 Blackbird
A story of speed, altitude, and evasion told through the crews and missions that defined it.
St. Clair’s Defeat on the Wabash
On this day a fledgling United States Army marched into disaster along the Wabash River in the Northwest Territory.
“Taffy 3” at the Battle off Samar
That massive naval struggle reached its most dramatic moment off Samar.
The Battle of Ia Drang Begins
On November 14th, 1965, helicopters of the United States Army’s 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) began landing infantry battalions near the Chu Pong Massif in the Ia Drang Valley of South Vietnam.
Thomas Eugene “Gene” Atkins
It is the early hours of 10 March 1945 on Luzon in the Philippine Islands. The jungle around the Villa Verde Trail is black and close, broken only by a thin ridge that juts out from a larger hill. On that ridge, just ahead of the main American perimeter, three foxholes scrape a shallow line in the earth. In one of them lies Private First Class Thomas Eugene “Gene” Atkins of Company A, 127th Infantry. His job is simpl
U-2 Dragon Lady
A story of reach and persistence told through the pilots who rode the thin air and the targets they photographed far below.
UH-1 Huey and Its Variants
A story of reach, survivability, and adaptation told through the pilots, crews, and troops who lived and fought under the Huey’s rotors.
Union Army withdraws after Fredericksburg
By December 15th, 1862, the Army of the Potomac was pulling back across the Rappahannock River after the bloody defeat at Fredericksburg.
United States Air Force becomes a separate service
In the aftermath of global war, American leaders restructured their armed forces to meet emerging strategic realities.
United States Naval School opens at Annapolis
Not every turning point comes with smoke and cannon fire.
Victory at Trenton after the Delaware crossing
On a bitter, stormy Christmas night, George Washington led a force of Continental soldiers and militia across the ice-choked Delaware River, gambling that a surprise strike could salvage a collapsing cause.
William H. Thomas
How a 22-year-old automatic rifleman kept firing after losing both legs, and saved his platoon in the Philippine mountains of 1945.
Wounded Knee Massacre
On December 29th, 1890, troops of the 7th Cavalry surrounded a band of Miniconjou Lakota near Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota, seeking to disarm them amid fears surrounding the Ghost Dance movement.
Zumwalt-class Destroyers
A story of stealth, electric power, precision strike, and ambition told through the sailors and systems that defined one of the most unusual warships ever built.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The same week on the calendar, but in a different year, brought one of the most searing dates in United States military history: December 7th, 1941.
Battle of the Philippine Sea
An air-sea clash where radar, training, and discipline turned a desperate carrier defense into a one-sided hammer blow that reshaped the Pacific war.
USS Nautilus (SSN-571)
A story of nuclear propulsion, undersea endurance, and how one boat reshaped the Cold War at sea.