She smiled at the camera when the US Navy used her photo to sell war bonds while she was scheduled for execution in a Japanese prison camp. February 23rd, 1945....
America’s best soldiers thought they were ready. The Special Air Service broke every single one. Fort Bragg, North Carolina. September 1978. The Ranger Sergeant had three tours, a Silver Star,...
They heard American planes overhead and smiled. After three years in hell, after Batan, after the death march, after watching their friends die of starvation and bayonets, the sound of...
At 0730 on the morning of September 16th, 1943, 27 Marine pilots stood in the tropical heat on a dirt airstrip called Munda on the island of New Georgia in...
In the summer of 1967, on a mountain position overlooking a valley infested with North Vietnamese Army regulars, a 25-year-old Marine Sergeant did something that would have gotten most men...
Perfect day. Sunny, warm, off season. No baseball, no pressure, no expectations. Just relaxation. Just fun. Just fishing. Ruth loves fishing. Always has. Something peaceful about it. Sitting in boat,...
Baseball stadium. Summer afternoon. Hot, crowded, noisy. Ruth playing well. Three hits already. Team winning. Good day, great day. Should be perfect day. But something about to happen. Something that...
What does it take to survive in the most competitive ecosystem on the planet? Vietnam’s wild heart is beating with a ferocity that few humans ever witness. In this shocking...
Hospital room, sixth floor. Memorial Hospital, New York. Morning light filtering through window. Weak light. Gray light. Sad light. Man in bed. Not moving much. Breathing labored. Thin. So thin....
The history books often gloss over the most chilling chapter of World War I: the domestic war waged against black veterans returning from the battlefields of Europe. In 1919, the...