Operation Market Time – Inside the U.S. Coast Guard’s Role in the Campaign Against Enemy Infiltrators in Vietnam
More than 8,000 United States Coast Guardsmen served in Vietnam. Their primary mission was patrolling the coast and inland waterways in a variety of cooperative operations with other American service branches. One of the most successful Coast Guard collaborations of the war…
His Majesty’s American Admiral – The Amazing Life & Times of the Royal Navy’s John Wentworth Loring
“Wentworth grew up as a penniless loyalist exile following the premature death of his father. Suddenly forced to make his own way in life, he found a path to redemption through service in the Royal…
Success Amid Failure — America Lost in Vietnam, But the U.S. Marines Accomplished Their Mission, Historian Argues
“Despite the eventual outcome of the war, the Marines had demonstrated that counterinsurgency can be used successfully to achieve operational-level goals.” Dr. David Strachan-Morris, SFHEA IN THE CONTEXT of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, concepts…
The Atomic Bombings of Japan Were Tragic; a Ground Invasion Would Have Been Even Worse
“If the war had continued, it’s entirely possible that as many as 27 million Japanese might have died, as the Allied armies blasted their way from the initial landing zones at the Kyushu Peninsula up…
Meet Harry Perry Robinson – The Oldest War Correspondent on the Western Front
“Robinson was the oldest correspondent who covered the entirety of the war, writing up to 2,000 words a day for The Times.” By Joseph McAleer HARRY PERRY ROBINSON was elderly and infirm at the outbreak…
Meet Harold Barratt – Not Even Enemy Artillery Could Keep This British Army Chaplain From the Pulpit
“He had seen the men through the trauma of Dunkirk, and had won the love and respect of both officers and men.” By Michael Somerville ONE HUNDRED BRITISH army chaplains gave their lives in the…
