This tank commander fought off 250 enemy troops in the Korean War
Medal of Honor recipient Master Sgt. Ernest Kouma fought with his armored back to the wall along the Naktong River.
By Jon Guttman
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How the ‘Rad Lab’ helped avert nuclear war
Technology built in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory changed history.
By Todd South
Was Iwo Jima worth the cost?
After a staggering loss of life on the island, American military leaders scrambled to justify the invasion
By Robert S. Burrell, MHQ — The Quarterly Journal of Military History
What if the Navy and Marine Corps had bypassed Iwo Jima?
Adm. Ernest King dismissed Iwo Jima as “a sink hole in the hands of whoever held it.”
By Mark Grimsley, World War II Magazine
Setback in the Solomons
Punctuated by tactical ineptitude, the World War II Battle of Rennell Island slowed American momentum in the South Pacific.
By John Wukovits, World War II
Operation Barney: Bloody payback in the Pacific
Nine American subs force a World War II reckoning with the Japanese fleet.
By Steven Trent Smith, World War II Magazine