September 19th, 1944. Captain Jimmy Leech sat in his Sherman tank near the French village of Arakor, staring into a wall of white.…
July 1945, President Harry Truman sat in his private quarters after a long day negotiating the fate of postwar Europe with Stalin and…
It was the single most embarrassing radio call in the history of the Vietnam War. [snorts] In March 1968, a veteran US Green…
November 12th, 1944. Camp Papago Park, Arizona. The siren cut through the desert night like a scream. Flood lights snapped on across the…
Western Front, France, 1917. The mathematics [music] of death were brutally simple. Artillery pounded enemy trenches before an assault. Shells screaming overhead. Earth…
August 1st, 1944. Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary [music] Force, SH AAF, Versailles, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower [music] stands over a large map…
It’s the crisp, tense air of late 1,943. 80 km deep behind enemy lines in southern Italy, a decrepit concentration camp named Pistikshi…
Five American soldiers walked into the jungle alongside four Australians. 4 days later, the Americans walked out, changed men. Their afteraction report contained…
The world of sports media is no stranger to “hot takes,” but this week, Stephen A. Smith may have reached a new peak—or…
In the high-stakes world of celebrity weddings, a single slip of the tongue can send shockwaves through the internet. This week, NFL superstar…