Legacy: USS Enterprise, First Nuclear Aircraft Carrier
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Opening Shock: How Stealth and Precision Air Strikes Crippled Iraqi Command
A story of stealth jets, precision strikes, and a regime suddenly in the dark, and how it changed the wider war.
Platoon Sergeant Joseph R. Julian at Iwo Jima, 1945
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Pacific War.
Ralph Eugene Pomeroy’s Heroic Stand at Triangle Hill
Ralph Eugene Pomeroy’s Heroic Stand at Triangle Hill. Beyond the Call — open the episode listing and listening link.
Scattered But Fighting: How Airborne Drops Behind Utah Beach Helped Crack Fortress Europe
A story of scattered night jumps, improvised small-unit fights, and how chaos still helped open the door into Fortress Europe.
Second El Alamein: Episode 2 — The Last Line in Egypt
Second El Alamein: Episode 2 — The Last Line in Egypt. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Second El Alamein: Episode 22 — The Sacrifice of 9th Armoured Brigade
Second El Alamein: Episode 22 — The Sacrifice of 9th Armoured Brigade. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Second El Alamein: Episode 23 — The Line Cracks
Second El Alamein: Episode 23 — The Line Cracks. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Second El Alamein: Episode 7 — Ultra, Fellers, and Seebohm
Second El Alamein: Episode 7 — Ultra, Fellers, and Seebohm. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
The final dive of Navy Medal of Honor diver Owen Francis Patrick Hammerberg
Beyond the Call: Medal of Honor Stories — Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, developed by Trackpads dot com
Armistice and the End of World War I Combat
On November 11th, 1918, guns along the Western Front at last fell silent as the armistice between the Allies and Germany took effect at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Assault to Retake Corregidor
On February 16th, 1945, United States forces launched a daring combined airborne and amphibious assault to retake Corregidor, the rocky island guarding the entrance to Manila Bay in the Philippines. Corregidor had become a symbol of resistance when United States and Filipino defenders held out there in 1942 before surrendering to Japanese forces. Three years later, with the liberation of the Philippines well underway
Battle of Bennington
On August 16th, 1777, American militia under Brigadier General John Stark struck a British foraging column near Bennington in what is now Vermont. The British force, made up of German auxiliaries and Loyalists, had been sent out from General Burgoyne’s main army to gather supplies and horses for the invasion toward Albany.
Battle of Camden
Three years later to the day, August 16th, 1780, the Continental Army suffered one of its worst defeats at Camden, South Carolina. Major General Horatio Gates led a hastily assembled army of Continentals and militia against a seasoned British force under Lord Cornwallis. Marching through swampy country on poor rations, many of Gates’s men were already in bad condition before the battle even began.
Battle of Carrizal
During the Punitive Expedition sent into Mexico after Pancho Villa’s raid on Columbus, New Mexico, American and Mexican forces found themselves in an increasingly tense standoff. On June 21st, 1916, a detachment of the 10th U.S. Cavalry, composed largely of African American “Buffalo Soldiers,” encountered Mexican federal troops loyal to President Carranza near the town of Carrizal. Orders, warnings, and counterorders
Battle of Secessionville
During the early Civil War struggle for control of the South’s key ports, Union commanders targeted Charleston, South Carolina, both for its symbolic role in secession and its practical value as a harbor. On June 16th, 1862, Union forces launched a dawn assault on fortified Confederate positions at Secessionville, on James Island just outside the city. The terrain of marshes, creeks, and narrow causeways forced attac
Birth of the Continental Marines
On November 10th, 1775, the Continental Congress authorized the raising of two battalions of Marines to serve as soldiers at sea.
Carrier Strikes on Rabaul
On November 11th, 1943, carrier task forces of the United States Navy launched bold air strikes against the heavily defended Japanese naval base at Rabaul on New Britain.