U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Dan Bullock was 15 years old when he was killed in action in the Quang Nam province of South Vietnam in 1969, making him the youngest American casualty of the Vietnam... Read more
November 11, 2018 100th Anniversary of the Armistice Ending World War I Fighting ceased at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918. It was called the ‘Great War”... Read more
USS O’Bannon (DD/DDE-450), a Fletcher-class destroyer was the U.S. Navy’s most decorated destroyer during World War II, earning 17 battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation.... Read more
Seventy-five years ago, Ensign William L. Halloran was the first Knight of Columbus killed in World War II by J.C. Sullivan “The telegram arrived at 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 12, 1941... Read more
Merrill’s Marauders (named after Frank Merrill) or Unit Galahad, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), was a United States Army long range penetration special operations ... Read more
By Geoffrey Ingersoll, Business Insider Apr 22, 2016 On April 22, 2008, two Marines from two different walks of life who had literally just met were told to stand guard in front of their out... Read more
“Hacksaw Ridge” is a 2016 biographical war drama film about the World War II experiences of Desmond Doss, an American pacifist combat medic who was a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, who ref... Read more
