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Airborne Operations in Sicily: Operation Husky
With the Germans defeated in Africa, Allied leaders decided to invade Sicily to gain more complete control of the Mediterranean Sea and knock Italy out of the war. Airborne assaults …
Korean War Spotlight: The Story of Corporal Rudy Hernandez
Corporal Rodolfo Pérez “Rudy” Hernández (April 14, 1931 – December 21, 2013) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor, America’s highest military decoration, for his actions on …
The U.S. Army’s First Parachute Combat Assault
The first Allied Airborne assault of World War II was planned as a part of Operation TORCH, the invasion of North Africa on November 8, 1942. The invasion force- 107,000 …
Operation Iceberg: The Battle of Okinawa
On April 1st, 1945, the final amphibious landing of the war occurred when the U.S. Tenth Army invaded Okinawa. Consisting of four U.S. Army divisions, and three U.S. Marine divisions, the …
Los Banos Internment Camp: The Patty Kelly Stevens Story
On February 23, 1945, the U.S. Army Airborne and Filipino guerrilla task force combined their efforts to liberate 2,147 Allied civilian and military internees from Los Banos Internment Camp, a …
The History of the Monuments Men
The Nazis War on Culture: “Degenerate Art” The fate of the 11 million victims of the Holocaust was shaped by Nazi propaganda and the “weaponization” of art during the mid-1920s …
The Angels in Red Hats: MACV Team 162
The story of the Vietnamese Airborne Advisory Detachment is in many ways a study of America’s best efforts to support the democratic state of South Vietnam. The detachment, later known …
Pathfinders: First on French Soil
Shortly after midnight on 6 June 1944, a group of low-flying C-47 aircraft crossed over the French coast. Eight minutes later, Captain Frank L. Lillyman, leader of the 101st Airborne …
5 Facts About the U.S. Special Forces
Read below to discover some interesting facts about the U.S. Special Forces. Primary Special Forces Missions Did you know that Special Forces Soldiers are trained to perform several key missions? …
The History of the Triple Nickles
“The history of the Triple Nickles is an untold chapter in black social history. The high professional standards of the men of the 555th, their skill in airborne operations, fearlessness …
