General Douglas MacArthur had learned the importance of amphibious landings during World War II and hoped that an amphibious operation would turn the…
Duane Edgar Dewey was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on November 16, 1931. He attended school in Muskegon until 1947,…
In November 1950, eight thousand fighters – most of them U.S. Marines – struggled to survive the coldest North Korean…
Lieutenant Colonel Iceal “Gene” Hambleton felt his body exploding away from the crippled EB-66 aircraft. Moments earlier the unarmed, electronic…
First Lieutenant James “Nick” Rowe reviewed the reports that had been coming in about enemy activity near the small outpost…
It was a heck of a way to fight a war, almost like the children’s game of hide and seek…
The story of Michael J. Novosel, Sr. is not about rank or medals but about the desire to fly and serve. He…
Reprinted with Permission Let’s go back a few years before my initial assignment to Vietnam. I was stationed in Okinawa…
Since the dawn of time, man has feared the darkness… we have sought ways to overcome and hide the shadows…
The tall man in an immaculate business suit looked across the crowded classroom at more than a hundred young faces.…
Charles Kettles had flight in his DNA and remained a hometown boy his entire life. Lt. Colonel Kettles came from simple…
It was Joe Madison Jackson’s third war and, at 45 years of age, the Air Force Lieutenant Colonel could feel…
Next to the word “Marine” in the dictionary, there should be a notation… “See Jimmie Earl Howard”. Perhaps no other…
The 72-year-old retired Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur, Jr. glanced briefly around the room. He shouldn’t have been here, he had…
Prior to the First Battle of Bull Run in Virginia on July 21, 1861, only five soldiers and one sailor…
Just 19 men have had the privilege of being two-time Medal of Honor recipients. The first individual to receive this…
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton looked in amazement at the six young soldiers before him. It was March 25, 1863,…
The hide-and-seek action that ultimately ended with the naval battle at Santiago two months into the Spanish-American War started with…