#editors-pick

S1c Coombs describes crawling up the beach past hundreds of dead and wounded soldiers in the first wave of the Normandy Invasion....

COL Thorsness served as a fighter pilot in Vietnam. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for saving his wingman’s life, and was a prisoner of war for...

COL Tomarchio talks about going to jump school, defending service members as a military lawyer, and nearly losing his life in Kuwait....

After the end of WWII, COL Halvorsen dropped candy out of his bomber multiple times for the kids of Berlin to enjoy....

CMSGT Morrell was a combat cameraman who accompanied bombing missions. He was shot down in enemy territory and escaped three times....

CMSGT Morrell was a combat cameraman in WWII who accompanied bombing missions. He was shot down in enemy territory and escaped three times....

CPT Meshad served in Vietnam in a psychiatric team where he evaluated and assisted soldiers dealing with mental health issues....

CPT Meshad served in Vietnam in a psychiatric team where he evaluated and assisted soldiers dealing with mental health issues....

On this day in 1941, Japanese forces attacked Wake Island. After the Americans surrendered, Sgt. Pearsall and his fellow Marines were taken as pri...

After a grenade injured both his legs and sent him home from Vietnam, SPC Rocky Bleier made a full recovery and went on to win four Super Bowls wi...

Dowds discusses his training, the moments when his life was on the line, and the hazy morality of the conflict....

Sgt. Bill Taylor, a Marine, describes narrowly escaping death in Vietnam...

Army Vet Kris Goldsmith describes photographing corpses in Iraq and his struggle with PTSD...