Staff Sergeant George John Hall at Anzio, 1944
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire and stubborn infantry grit in the Italian campaign of World War II.
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AC-130 Gunship
A story of persistent firepower and improvisation, told through the aircrews who circled in the dark and the convoys trying to slip past them.
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 Port Royal Sound
As the Civil War entered its first winter, Union planners sought a deep-water harbor along the Confederate coast to support a tightening blockade.
Battle of the Java Sea
Just two days after the Los Angeles scare, a very real crisis unfolded far across the Pacific. On February 27th, 1942, a mixed Allied naval force under Dutch command, including the United States heavy cruiser Houston, engaged a Japanese invasion convoy in the waters of the Java Sea.
Battle of Tippecanoe
Two decades later, another fight in the Old Northwest underscored the stakes of American expansion.
Harold Gonsalves
A Medal of Honor story of selfless sacrifice and battlefield leadership in World War II.
Harold W. Bauer
The fuel gauges in Harold Bauer’s Wildcat fighter were already edging toward empty when the coastline of Guadalcanal slid beneath his wings. He had just finished leading a long, tense, overwater flight of Marine fighters up from Espiritu Santo, six hundred miles of nothing but ocean and cloud. Henderson Field, the hard-bitten airstrip the Marines called home, lay ahead as a thin strip of coral and mud, promising rest
Hawaii becomes the 50th state
After years as a United States territory and a key overseas outpost, Hawaii formally entered the Union as the fiftieth state on August 21st, 1959. Long before that date, the islands had already become central to American strategy in the Pacific, from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the vast network of airfields and naval bases that supported World War II operations.
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.
Opening of the Berlin Wall
On November 9th, 1989, the emblem of Cold War division in Europe suddenly became porous.
Operation Hump in Vietnam
Another November 8th, separated by two decades, found American paratroopers pushing through thick jungle rather than surf.
Operation Infinite Reach
At the close of the twentieth century, another August date saw the United States respond to terrorist attacks with long-range strikes. Following the bombings of American embassies in East Africa, United States forces launched Operation Infinite Reach, firing cruise missiles at suspected terrorist training camps in Afghanistan and a facility in Sudan believed to be tied to chemical weapons.
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 Torch Landings in North Africa
On November 8th, 1942, the United States undertook its first major offensive in the European–North African theater of the Second World War.
Second assault on Vicksburg
Undeterred by the first setback, Grant prepared a larger, more coordinated assault for May 22nd, 1863. Union artillery pounded the Confederate lines through the morning, and attacking columns moved out with specially chosen volunteers—the so-called “forlorn hope”—carrying ladders and planks to cross obstacles. Across the front, Union regiments advanced against steep slopes, dense abatis, and well-sited rifle pits, en
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.
Trent Affair at Sea
Only one day after the Port Royal victory, another Union action at sea nearly widened the war in a dangerous direction.