“Vietnamese legends held that on the anniversary of a person’s death, a spiritual channel between our world and the afterlife can open making communication possible. Was this just such a phenomenon?” JUST AFTER dusk on the night of…

“The ‘contemptible army myth’ would be just one of the myriad of fictions that were spread during the conflict by army spin doctors, patriotic newspaper editors, war-weary civilians and overly-imaginative soldiers.” THE FIRST WORLD WAR was…

Readers of Canada’s Toronto Star learned this week about the late Richard Fuller Patterson – a young man who seemed to have everything to live for, but gave it all up to help stop tyranny. The…

“Despite their contributions to the Allied war effort, blimp crews fought in relative obscurity.” WHEN AMERICA suddenly found itself at war following the attack on Pearl Harbor, military planners in Washington realized they had neither…

“In the event of a shooting war in Europe between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, allied commanders fully expected to use hundreds, even thousands, of the small 50-pound projectiles.” THE SOVIET TSAR Bomba is remembered as the…

“The Medal of Honor is awarded by the president in the name of the U.S. Congress. As of 1963, only American military personnel engaged in combat against an enemy of the United States are eligible…