A Wrinkle in Time on the Grounds of an Infamous Civil War General’s Plantation
On a cloudless, deep-blue sky afternoon, I drive 45 miles south of Nashville to Columbia for a visit with one of my favorite people, Campbell
Is Gerald R. Ford’s Legacy Deserving of a Reassessment?
Richard Norton Smith. (Courtesy of Richard Norton Smith) It’s about time we get to know Gerald Ford. We know his predecessor, Richard Nixon, who handed
How Saladin Became A Successful War Leader
Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, Muslim Sultan of Egypt and Syria, known to the west as Saladin, is certainly one of the most durably famous
Why We Need The ‘Great Men’ Of History
Those who study warfare will inevitably run into the so-called “great man theory” of history. Simply put, it denotes the study of individual leaders and
This Soldier Risked His Life to Rescue Civilians From a Battle in Vietnam
Distinguished Service Cross. (Historynet Archives) On Jan. 30, 1968, all U.S. combat units in Vietnam went to alert status when the Viet Cong violated the
This English Farmer Built a Lancaster Simulator—James Holland Just Had to see It
Not so long ago, I had an extraordinary experience. I sat in the pilot’s seat of an Avro Lancaster, a British four-engine heavy bomber from
Postponed Pawnee Honors
Adding insult to injury, a Pawnee scout for the U.S. Army shot in 1869 by a member of his own command was for decades denied
Gettysburg Had a Lasting Impact on Its Least Known Participants — Its Civilians
Although only minor National Park Service signage alerts you to the boundaries of the vast Gettysburg battlefield at its outer edges bleeding into neighboring counties,
Do We need to Reconsider What Makes an Ace?
“I never imagined I was going to be doing this when we launched,” said Captain Earl Ehrhart of U.S. Marine attack squadron VMA-231 (“Ace of
Buzz Aldrin Went to Korea and Beyond
In its June 8, 1953, issue, Life magazine included a full-page spread with four blurry images of a North Korean Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 getting shot down over