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In the closing years of the Vietnam War, the nuclear–powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise operated as a key platform for strikes into Southeast Asia. On January 14th, 1969, during flight operations near Hawaii, a rocket accidentally detonated on the flight deck, triggering a chain of explosions among fueled and armed aircraft.
A story of high-tech American armor meeting Soviet-designed tanks in the desert and how it reshaped modern ground warfare.
By February 1945, much of Pearl Harbor had returned to the business of war. Battleships and carriers came and went; convoys formed up and headed west toward Iwo Jima and Okinawa. But in a side channel called West Loch, the harbor still hid a graveyard. Months earlier, a chain of explosions had torn through a cluster of tank landing ships loading ammunition for the Pacific campaign.
A story of high-tech American armor meeting Soviet-designed tanks in the desert and how it reshaped modern ground warfare.
A story of littoral patrol, close-in surveillance, and small crews standing between fragile targets and fast, unpredictable threats.
A story of a retreat turned into a deadly gauntlet, and how air power reshaped the end of the Gulf War.
How a Marine Corps fighter pilot sank a destroyer, then picked up a rifle to defend a tiny atoll at the dawn of World War II.
Beyond the Call: Medal of Honor Stories — Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, developed by Trackpads dot com
A story of a risky desert rescue, broken machinery, and how one night’s failure reshaped American special operations.
A story of Green Berets on horseback, precision airpower overhead, and how a fragile alliance helped topple a regime in weeks.