“We Felt Like Amateurs” How British Forces Shocked US Soldiers Fighting Taliban on Operation Herrick. nu
“We Felt Like Amateurs” How British Forces Shocked US Soldiers Fighting Taliban on Operation Herrick July 2009, Sangan District, Helmond Province, Afghanistan. The Chinuk helicopter touched down in a cloud of brown dust. US Marine Sergeant Patrick Thornton grabbed his…
Germans Were Outranged By Patton’s ‘Greatest Battle Implement’ – The M1 Garand. nu
Germans Were Outranged By Patton’s ‘Greatest Battle Implement’ – The M1 Garand December 16th, 1944. 0530 hours. Shne Eiffel Ridge, Belgian German border. The frozen mud cracked beneath boots as German forces prepared for what would become the Battle of…
How One Civilian’s “Crazy” Idea Made America’s .50 Cal Guns Never Jam. nu
How One Civilian’s “Crazy” Idea Made America’s .50 Cal Guns Never Jam January 23rd, 1943. Egglund Field Proving Ground, Florida. The thermometer showed 14 degrees Fahrenheit, extraordinarily frigid for the Florida panhandle. Samuel Green observed a weapon experiencing its 17th…
Japanese Thought Their Type 97 Tanks Were Invincible — Until 37mm Guns Punched Through at 10 Yards. nu
Japanese Thought Their Type 97 Tanks Were Invincible — Until 37mm Guns Punched Through at 10 Yards At 06:15 on the morning of January 9th, 1942, Staff Sergeant Benjamin Morett sat in the commander’s position of his M3 Stewart light…
US Marines Found A Japanese Ha-Go Tank — Laughed That .50 Cal Bullets Went Straight Through It. nu
US Marines Found A Japanese Ha-Go Tank — Laughed That .50 Cal Bullets Went Straight Through It They were convinced their tanks were invincible. The type 95 Hgo had proven itself against Chinese forces, against Soviet armor at Hulkin Gaul…
The Ingenious Gear That Made Elite LRRP Scouts Invisible in Vietnam. nu
The Ingenious Gear That Made Elite LRRP Scouts Invisible in Vietnam Gary O’Neal, a 173rd Airborne LRP team leader, carried three knives into the Vietnamese jungle. A Randall fighting knife, a Fairbend dagger, a small pen knife. He said he…
How One Civilian’s “Too Small” Weapon Stopped Japan’s 3,000-Man Banzai Charge. nu
How One Civilian’s “Too Small” Weapon Stopped Japan’s 3,000-Man Banzai Charge October 24th, 1942. Henderson Field, Guadal Canal. 3,000 Japanese soldiers moving through jungle darkness toward a single battalion of Marines dug into a muddy ridge line. The mathematics of…
What American Troops Said When They Saw British Troops at D-Day. nu
What American Troops Said When They Saw British Troops at D-Day June 7th, 1944. Dawn light filtered through the smoke still hanging over Normandy’s hedge as Sergeant Bill Morrison of the 29th Infantry Division crouched behind a stone wall, watching…
Why NVA Feared New Zealand SAS — But Not American or Korean Troops. nu
Why NVA Feared New Zealand SAS — But Not American or Korean Troops December 1968, Fuok Toui Province. A captured Vietkong diary contained something that chilled Allied intelligence officers to the bone. Detailed tactical countermeasures for American patrols, Korean sweeps,…
The Shocking Discovery of Shrapnel in a WWII German POW’s Body: How a U.S. Camp Surgeon Uncovered a Hidden Injury That Changed Everything. nu
The Shocking Discovery of Shrapnel in a WWII German POW’s Body: How a U.S. Camp Surgeon Uncovered a Hidden Injury That Changed Everything A Hidden Wound in a Time of War As the final months of World War II unfolded,…