HMS Warrior
HMS Warrior was the Royal Navy first iron-hulled armoured warship. Her long life moved from Channel Fleet showpiece to reserve and support duties, then from oil jetty to major museum restoration.
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Melvin Earl Biddle
Snow hangs heavy in the Ardennes forest, muting sound until a rifle cracks and splinters bark from a nearby tree. Private First Class Melvin Earl Biddle lies pressed into the freezing ground, the lead scout for an American parachute infantry company feeling every heartbeat echo in the stock of his rifle. Somewhere ahead, beyond the dark trunks and tangled undergrowth, German snipers have halted his company’s advance
Thomas Eugene “Gene” Atkins
It is the early hours of 10 March 1945 on Luzon in the Philippine Islands. The jungle around the Villa Verde Trail is black and close, broken only by a thin ridge that juts out from a larger hill. On that ridge, just ahead of the main American perimeter, three foxholes scrape a shallow line in the earth. In one of them lies Private First Class Thomas Eugene “Gene” Atkins of Company A, 127th Infantry. His job is simpl
Walter Edward Truemper
The B-17 was almost home when the choice arrived over the radio: bail out, or try to land a dying airplane. The long mission over Leipzig was behind them, but the bomber itself was torn open—control cables shot away, engines coughing, the fuselage peppered with holes where German fighters had raked the formation. In the cockpit, the copilot lay dead. The pilot, badly wounded, had been dragged from his seat and now dr
Beyond the Call: Private First Class Melvin Earl Biddle between Soy and Hotton, 1944
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Battle of the Bulge.
Beyond the Call: Private First Class Thomas Eugene “Gene” Atkins at the Villa Verde Trail, Luzon, 1945
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire and stubborn defense in the Pacific war.
Beyond the Call: Second Lieutenant Walter Edward Truemper over Leipzig, 1944
A Medal of Honor story of sacrifice and steadfast loyalty in the air war over Europe in World War II.
Beyond the Call: Sergeant Jose Calugas at Culis, Bataan, 1942
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Philippines campaign of World War II.
Old Ironsides vs Guerriere: How a Single Sea Fight Boosted a Young Navy’s Confidence
A story of a wooden frigate under fire, a nickname earned in cannon smoke, and a young navy learning it could stand toe-to-toe with the world’s best.