The C54D-DC airplane — a military version of the WWII-era Douglas DC-4 aircraft — crashed outside Fairbanks Tuesday. No survivors were found. When asked if he could go back and extract the overwhelmed Marines from Guadalcanal, the 22-year-old Munro reportedly gave a confident, “Hell, yeah!” A new report on the 2021 airport bombing in Afghanistan which killed 13 U.S. troops suggests the assault may have involved more than one attacker. Floyd Gibbons made history when his dispatch got past the wartime censor. The Army notified Earl Meyer, who still carries shrapnel in his leg from when he was wounded, that it has reversed itself and granted him a Purple Heart. Few subjects in military history are more loaded than public perception of Douglas MacArthur. By Jon Guttman
14 days ago The Navy’s community college is partnering with Western Governors University to provide sailors with an associate degree in health science. While the claim contradicts the DPAA report about his uncle's fate, Biden's comments on cannibalism in the region during WWII are not far off. The Navy is performing better than it did last year, but is projected to miss its recruiting goal by roughly 6,700 sailors this fiscal year. An excerpt from 'I Will Tell No War Stories' by Howard Mansfield. By Howard Mansfield
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