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On this date, the President was briefed on photographs taken two days earlier by a high-altitude reconnaissance flight, revealing that the Soviet Union was secretly installing medium-range nuclear missiles in Cuba.
In October 1962, the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba put United States forces on some of the highest alert levels in their history.
A story of a tense naval cordon, nuclear brinkmanship, and how one week at sea pushed the Cold War to the edge and back again.
The nuclear tensions of the early Cold War peaked when the United States discovered offensive missiles being installed in Cuba.
A story of littoral patrol, close-in surveillance, and small crews standing between fragile targets and fast, unpredictable threats.
On December 28th, 1835, a column of United States soldiers under Major Francis Dade marched through the pine woods of Florida on what officers believed was a relatively routine movement between forts.
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire and relentless assault in the Pacific War.
On December 21st, 1945, General George S.
On December 14th, 1799, George Washington died at his home at Mount Vernon, closing the life of the commander who had led the Continental Army and then served as the first president.
On January 1st, 1942, representatives of the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, China, and many other Allied nations signed a joint pledge in Washington, known as the Declaration by United Nations.
In the early 1960s, as Cold War crises multiplied from Berlin to Southeast Asia, American leaders recognized that military intelligence needed more unified direction.
Even before a formal declaration of war against Germany, the United States Navy was escorting convoys in the North Atlantic, confronting the realities of submarine warfare.
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Pacific war.
In the Maryland countryside, as Confederate General Robert E.
How a quiet engineering officer led hundreds from the dark below decks during one of World War II’s worst carrier disasters.
A story of airborne radar, battle management, and nervous crews watching the air war unfold on glowing scopes far from the front line.
A story of adaptation, invisible firepower, and joint-force dependence told through the aviators and campaigns that defined these electronic attack aircraft.
On December 19th, 1944, senior Allied commanders met to assess the Ardennes crisis, and General Dwight D.