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The Medal of Honor recipient who became a ‘One-Man Regiment of Iwo Jima’
Pinned down and with casualties mounting, Pvt. Wilson Watson took matters into his own hands to savagely take out enemy entrenchments.
I thought removing Confederate names meant Black soldiers’ legacy mattered. Then, the names were restored.
"So many of my assumptions about the world and how to better it were turned upside down."
By Jack Lowe, The War Horse
VA restores gun rights to some disabled veterans
The VA announced it will immediately stop reporting veterans to the FBI’s national background check database if they need a fiduciary for their finances.
By Patricia Kime
During WWI this sailor saved his fellow mate from noxious toilet fumes — earning him the Medal of Honor
The German emigre did not think twice when rescuing his fellow sailor from the gaseous byproduct of human waste.
By Jon Guttman
How chocolate became one of the US military’s most important WWII rations
In 1937, the Army approached the Hershey Company with a blunt request: Create a high-calorie chocolate bar that's intentionally unpleasant.
By Clay Beyersdorfer