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Massachusetts city to name 2 streets after modern-day military generals

Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville and retired Gen. Joseph Dunford, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have strong ties to the city of Quincy.

3 years ago

US contractor sentenced for stealing truck from American base in Afghanistan

The contractor admitted that she and others conspired to steal property from the base in Kandahar in 2015, while a co-conspirator negotiated the sale of the stolen property with a third-country national middleman.

3 years ago

What this Seabee did to earn the Medal of Honor

Meet Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Marvin G. Shields.

By Doug Sterner, HistoryNet

4 years ago

Hail, Lafayette!

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, had returned to America to ‘see for himself the fruit borne on the tree of liberty.’

By Ronald H. Bailey, HistoryNet.com

5 years ago

Mutiny on the Amistad: ‘All we want is make us free.’

On Aug. 26, 1839, the Navy brig Washington seized the Spanish slaver Amistad near Montauk Point, New York, sparking one of the most important anti-slavery cases in American history.

By Dr. Howard Jones, American History Magazine

5 years ago

Undefended shore: American antisubmarine operations in 1942

In 1942 American merchant ships up and down the Atlantic Coast were being relentlessly attacked by German U-boats. Why did the U.S. Navy secretly decide to leave them unprotected?

By Ed Offley, MHQ — The Quarterly Journal of Military History

5 years ago