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The Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient died rescuing Marines
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!”
‘The flak can’t always miss. Somebody’s gotta’ die’
An excerpt from 'I Will Tell No War Stories' by Howard Mansfield.
By Howard Mansfield
His father never spoke of WWII. His flight logs told the story for him
Historian and author Howard Mansfield had vowed to never write another word about World War II. Until another one fell into his lap.
Meet the 700-pound pig who raised $19 million for the Navy in WWII
By war’s end, King Neptune had brought in over $19 million for the Navy — roughly $320 million today.
That time British sailors sang Monty Python as their ship burned
Always look on the bright side of life.
That time a helo crew dropped greased pigs onto an aircraft carrier
In the video, three pigs can be seen being released from the helo onto the flight deck of the Kennedy, as bewildered sailors give chase.
This Marine ruled as the king of a Haitian island for three years
Sgt. Faustin Wirkus’ ascent from a poor 'breaker boy' — separating coal from slate — to king, is the stuff of Marine Corps legend.
The TV show that ambushed a Hiroshima survivor with an Enola Gay pilot
The bizarre interaction caused many, including Jack Gould at The New York Times, to accuse the show of exploiting the raw and private emotions of victims.
‘Ghosts’ of WWII to be honored with Congressional Gold Medal
Activated in 1944, the unit known as the Ghost Army was the first mobile, multimedia tactical deception outfit in U.S. Army history.
Witches be crazy: How one WWII ship led to the UK’s last witch trial
One particular séance in 1941 attracted the attention of the British War Office.
Marine Corps’ deadliest sniper, Charles ‘Chuck’ Mawhinney, dies at 75
The Lakeview, Oregon, native recorded 103 confirmed kills in Vietnam over the span of 16 months in 1968 and 1969.
By Jon Simkins