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On this day, George Washington formally accepted the appointment that Congress had offered him to serve as commander in chief of the Continental Army. The colonies had already seen bloodshed at Lexington, Concord, and around Boston, but until this point there had been no single figure responsible for coordinating their military effort. Washington’s acceptance signaled that the rebellion would not be a loose collectio
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.
A story of a lopsided clash where earthworks, frontier rifles, and bad timing shattered a veteran British army and reshaped a young republic’s confidence.
A story of a blood-soaked cornfield, a shallow creek, and a battle that reshaped the Union’s war.
A story of night-hunting firepower and battlefield reach told through the crews who flew it into the dark.
A story of reach and persistence told through the pilots who rode the thin air and the targets they photographed far below.
A story of a desperate hilltop stand, a fixed bayonet charge, and how it helped turn a Civil War invasion back.
A Medal of Honor story of selfless command in the skies of World War II.
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Pacific war.
A Medal of Honor story of sacrifice and moral courage in the Pacific war.
A Medal of Honor story of relentless leadership under fire in the Pacific campaign of World War II.