“He Went Down for His Shipmates” 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
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Beyond the Call: Medal of Honor Stories — Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, developed by Trackpads dot com
A story of a shrinking beachhead, exhausted troops, and how their stand kept South Korea from collapsing in 1950.
A story of street-to-street fighting, shattered assumptions, and how one city battle reshaped the Vietnam War.
A story of a winter surprise offensive and exhausted American units holding the line under crushing odds.
A story of block-by-block urban fighting and the hard decision to take back a city at any cost.
A story of firepower and adaptation told through the crews who took the Pershing from the ruins of Germany to the hills of Korea.
A story of mobility, firepower, and adaptation told through a light tank and the crews who drove it into the heart of the Cold War’s proxy wars.
A story of nuclear firepower and uneasy deterrence told through the crews, observers, and test shots that defined the United States’ only nuclear gun.
A story of survivability and instant readiness told through the crews who sat on alert and the crises they hoped would never come.
A story of a shattered defensive line, a race against explosives, and the one intact bridge that cracked open the last barrier into Germany.
A story of Green Berets on horseback, precision airpower overhead, and how a fragile alliance helped topple a regime in weeks.
A story of a brutal island landing, a coral reef turned killing ground, and how one short battle rewrote amphibious warfare.
A story of armored columns driving straight into a capital and how a handful of tank battalions helped topple a regime in days.
A story of a risky harbor landing, brutal tides, and how it broke a grinding stalemate in Korea.
A story of a silent campaign against merchant ships and how it helped choke an island empire’s war effort.
A story of reach, survivability, and adaptation told through the pilots, crews, and troops who lived and fought under the Huey’s rotors.
John D. Bulkeley and the PT Boats of the Philippines