Minuteman III ICBM
A story of survivability and instant readiness told through the crews who sat on alert and the crises they hoped would never come.
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Monroe Doctrine announced
In his annual message to Congress on December 2nd, 1823, President James Monroe drew a bold line through the map of the Western Hemisphere.
New Mexico-class Battleships
A story of firepower, adaptation, and endurance told through the gun crews, lookouts, and engineers who carried these older battleships into the heart of the Pacific War.
Night Battle off Guadalcanal
On the night of November 13th, 1942, American and Japanese surface forces slammed into each other in the dark waters near Guadalcanal in one of the Pacific War’s most chaotic clashes.
Nuremberg Trials open
With the Second World War over in Europe, Allied leaders grappled with how to respond to the crimes committed by the defeated regime.
Ohio-class SSBNs
A story of survivability and silent reach told through the crews who vanish beneath the waves and the adversaries they deter.
Okinawa radar picket campaign
A story of small ships on lonely stations, taking the worst hits so the Okinawa invasion could hold together under fire.
Oliver Hazard Perry–Class Frigates
A story of reach, endurance, and compromise told through the crews who rode these lean escorts along the Cold War’s front-line sea lanes.
Opening campaign in Afghanistan (2001)
A story of Green Berets on horseback, precision airpower overhead, and how a fragile alliance helped topple a regime in weeks.
Opening of the Battle of Chickamauga
In the wooded hills of north Georgia, the Western Theater saw its own grim test when Union and Confederate armies collided along Chickamauga Creek.
Opening of the Berlin Wall
On November 9th, 1989, the emblem of Cold War division in Europe suddenly became porous.
Operation Desert Fox strikes Iraq
On December 16th, 1998, American and British forces began a four-day air and missile campaign against Iraqi targets known as Operation Desert Fox.
Operation Enduring Freedom begins in Afghanistan
Less than a year after USS Cole, the attacks of September 11th, 2001 brought the war on terror fully into view.
Operation Hump in Vietnam
Another November 8th, separated by two decades, found American paratroopers pushing through thick jungle rather than surf.
Operation Just Cause
A story of a fast, hard night strike to remove a dictator and reshape the balance of power in a vital crossroads of the Americas.
Operation Just Cause begins in Panama
In the early hours of December 20th, 1989, American forces launched Operation Just Cause, a large joint operation to remove Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega and secure key sites.
Operation Linebacker II begins over North Vietnam
On December 18th, 1972, United States bombers and supporting aircraft began a concentrated air offensive often known as the “Christmas bombing” of North Vietnam.
Operation Market Garden
A story of a bold airborne gamble, a narrow road north, and the bridges that proved just one too many.