American Losses In The Tet Offensive:The Tet Offensive was carried out in 1968 from January to September in three phases by North Vietnamese and Vietcong operatives throughout South Vietnam numbering in the tens of thousands. The Americans and South Vietnamese were caught by surprise, increasing...
How many nations participated in the Korean War? How many African Americans served in the Continental Army? How many civilians died in the Korean War? How many soldiers fought in the American Civil War? How many UN troops died in Korean War?
The Civil War was the deadliest of all American wars. No one disagrees with that. But how many died has long been a matter of debate. For more than a century, the most-accepted estimate was about 620,000 dead. A specific figure of 618,222 is often cited, with 360,222 Union deaths...
Doughboys on the Great War: How American Soldiers Viewed Their Military Experience By...Mastriano, Douglas V.U.S. Army War CollegeParametersGutierrez, Edward A. Doughboys on the Great War: How American Soldiers Viewed their Military Service. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2014....
In many ways, the function of the memorial is to both soothe the pain of the present and to convince the world that the pain was not in vain, that it will live on somehow in collective memory and be passed on through generations and time. Save this picture!Vietnam Veterans Memorial / ...
Explore women in STEM, such as the Interactive Video lesson aboutMarie Curie, a famous woman in history who discovered adium and polonium. Explore under-recognized women’s legacies in American history, likeHenrietta Lacks, whose HeLa cells contributed to impactful scientific advancements. ...
President Barack Obama declared an end to the war in 2014, the U.S. military has yet to completely withdraw. During these years, Hollywood has made many movies based on the war in Afghanistan. Most of them explain the necessity of the U.S. war and pave the way for sufficient reasons ...
Then they stood shoulder to shoulder with their male comrades, serving as scouts, spies, guards, cooks, nurses and even combat soldiers. After the war, many of these women warriors took off their disguises and lived the rest of their lives as wives, mothers and daughters. Not Jennie H...
In 1993, Delta Force came under the microscope when its operators were among those who fought and died in a failed operation to remove a Somali warlord. And in Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada in 1983, reports of two missions by Delta Force — one failed and one successful — have become...
An Associated Press reporter traveled with Gen. Mark Milley as he made his last trip to Normandy to honor those who fought on D-Day and celebrate with the young American soldiers in the French town that welcomes them every year.