Punishing an enemy’s termity
Commodore Edward Preble wrote this letter to the Secretary of the Navy on September 18, 1804. This letter records the actions Preble took to free captured American...
Rescue by C-123 transport plane
On May 12, 1968, Lieutenant Colonel Joe M. Jackson landed his C-123 transport plane on the debris-filled runway at Kham Duc in the Republic of Vietnam. Three members...
Roomates battle in Tennessee
Former West Point roommates Lieutenant General John B. Hood and Major General John M. Schofield fought a decisive battle at Franklin, Tennessee. Schofield’s Army...
The battle for Guadalcanal
The Allies began their first major Pacific offensive of World War II with an attack on Guadalcanal, one of the Solomon Islands, in August 1942. The Allies immediately...
“The Fighting Irish”
On September 17, 1862, the Union and Confederate armies met at Sharpsburg, Maryland, in the Battle of Antietam. New York’s 69th Volunteer Infantry Regiment, part of...
The Revolutionary War’s first battle—reported firsthand
On April 19, 1775, Capt. John Parker gave this account of the battle of Lexington, Massachusetts. After confronting the British Regulars, Parker ordered his men “to...
The Revolutionary War’s first battle—reported firsthand
On April 24, 1775, John Robins gave this account of the battle of Lexington, Massachusetts. Robins supports his commander’s account reporting that the militia began...