Vail Daily3h
Hale to Vail celebrates 10th Mountain Division’s World War II feats 80 years ago
Eighty years ago, 700 soldiers started an uphill battle — literally — as they scaled the walls of Riva Ridge in Italy to ...
New York Sun11h
‘NATO Is Dead’ Might Be an Overstatement, but Markets Are Behaving as If It Were True
“NATO is dead,” Vertical Research Partners defense industry analyst Rob Stallard writes clients. It’s a harsh overstatement. But markets are acting as if it’s true. Over the last 10 days, American ...
La Brújula Verde14h
The Battle of Thermopylae in Which No Greek Soldier Participated: April 1941
Persians, Spartans, Leonidas, Xerxes, Ephialtes… Everyone has heard these names and can place them—more or less—in the 4th century BCE, when the Battle of Thermopylae took place. It was one of the key ...
Mother’s anger after coroner finds Army failures contributed to Jaysley’s death
Gunner Jaysley Beck took her own life at Larkhill Camp, Wiltshire, in December 2021, after failings by the Army, a coroner ...
Is “Rambo” Based on a True Story? Meet the Decorated WWII Soldier Who Partially Inspired Sylvester Stallone’s Ruthless Character
The character's legacy and enduring popularity is stunning, even to Morrell himself: "Rambo" made it into the Oxford English ...
Staten Island WWII airman who was identified after 80 years to be given Arlington burial
Lt. Francis E. Callahan, who died at 22 in a 1944 bombing mission, will be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery later ...
ABC 10 News19h
Plaque honoring Marine's bravery unveiled on Mt. Soledad 80 years after Iwo Jima
Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone is the only enlisted Marine of the World War II era to receive both the Medal of Honor and ...