“Home by Christmas” offensive in Korea
In the hills and valleys of North Korea, United Nations forces under General Douglas MacArthur pressed northward in an ambitious push toward the Yalu River.
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“Hull note” delivered to Japan
In the tense weeks before open war in the Pacific, Japanese diplomats in Washington received a new written proposal from Secretary of State Cordell Hull.
Iran Hostage Crisis Begins
On November 4th, 1979, the line between diplomatic tension and outright crisis was crossed at the United States embassy in Tehran.
Ironclad Monitor sinks off Cape Hatteras
While soldiers bled at Stones River, sailors on the pioneering ironclad Monitor fought the sea itself.
Isadore S. Jachman
A Jewish paratrooper from Berlin who met the Battle of the Bulge head-on to save his men
James H. Mills
A Medal of Honor story of relentless courage under fire in the Italian campaign of World War II.
James L. Day
A Medal of Honor story of stubborn courage and small-unit leadership in the Pacific war’s last great battle.
Japan surrenders aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay
On this day representatives of Imperial Japan signed an instrument of surrender on the deck of the battleship Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay and surrounded by Allied warships.
Japanese landings at Lingayen Gulf, Luzon
Just two weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces struck another major blow by landing large invasion forces along the shores of Lingayen Gulf in northern Luzon on December 22nd, 1941.
John D. Bulkeley
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John D. Kelly
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Normandy campaign.
John P. Cromwell
A Medal of Honor story of sacrifice and moral courage in the Pacific war.
John Paul Jones off Flamborough Head
Three years later, on the same date of the calendar, an American naval squadron under Captain John Paul Jones fought one of the most celebrated sea battles of the war off the English coast near Flamborough Head.
John R. Kane
A Medal of Honor story of relentless leadership and courage under fire in World War II.
John R. McKinney
A Medal of Honor story of one-man courage under fire in the Philippines campaign of World War II.
Johnnie D. Hutchins
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire and quiet sacrifice in the Pacific campaign of World War II.
Jose Calugas
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Philippines campaign of World War II.
Kabul airport Abbey Gate bombing
On August 26th, 2021, as crowds of desperate Afghans pressed toward Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport, a suicide bomber struck near Abbey Gate.