January 1945. The island of Luzon is burning under the weight of a collapsing Japanese empire. Explosions echo across the hills. Tracer rounds carve through the darkness. And somewhere, between...
The bus rattled to a stop in the pinewoods of North Carolina, and 23-year-old Samuel Davis stepped onto soil that would test him in ways he never imagined. It was...
Louisiana Makes History with Controversial New Law Allowing Surgical Penalties for Child Abuse Convictions The passage of a law in Louisiana allowing courts to impose surgical castration as a punishment...
In early March, Thornton participated in a planning session examining lessons learned from Desert Storm. One proposal was to adapt SAS methods for American special operations. longer duration patrols, smaller...
Picture this. An American general looks at a group of unshaven Brits in torn jackets and jeans who just rolled up to his base in pink jeeps with no roof....
They said a black man couldn’t do it. They said his hands weren’t steady enough, his mind not sharp enough, his place not worthy enough to touch the machinery that...
In 1944, the skies over Europe burned with fire. From the coasts of France to the valleys of Italy, the air was alive with the thunder of engines and the...
They called them tramps, beggars, homeless refugees who had no business being on a military base. American generals took one look at the British SAS in Afghanistan and demanded they...
July 19th, 2005, Eastern Baghdad. The air inside the tactical operations center smells of burnt coffee and the chemical sweetness of spilled ripet energy drinks. And the fluorescent lights hum...
What if I told you that the entire war in Afghanistan could have ended in December 2001? What if the world’s most wanted man was cornered, trapped, finished, and America...