This European City Has Been Destroyed by Invaders 44 Times
All told, the city has seen 115 different wars and been razed to the ground 44 times.
The Communist Soldier Who Escaped Through the Berlin Wall in an Armored Personnel Carrier
In 1963, Wolfgang Engels crashed through the Iron Curtain.
A Missing Tuskegee Airman's Remains Were Identified After 74 Years
Captain Lawrence Dickson was just 24 when his red-tailed P-51 Mustang fighter was downed in 1944.
The WWII Dutch Warship That Pretended To Be an Island to Evade the Enemy
The Dutch brought camouflage to a whole new level.
The Last American Troop Killed in WWII Died After the War Ended
Tragically, one last American life was lost between the announcement of Japan's surrender and the signing of the document.
This Soldier Took Out a Pillbox Using only One Small Bomb and a Combat Knife
His heroic act silenced seven enemy machine guns and captured 25 German troops.
That Time a Marine Convinced 1,500 Japanese Troops Not to Fight to the Death
Corporal Guy Gabaldon was able to talk troops into surrendering.
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This World War I Legionnaire Wrote "I Have a Rendezvous with Death"
Seeger's prophetic verse was published posthumously, after he fell at the Battle of the Somme.
Peter Conover Hains: The Civil War Veteran Who Served All the Way up to WWI
He retired in 1904—but the Army wasn't done with him.
10 Dramatic Battles in American History
From the Battle of Gettysburg to the Second Battle of Fallujah, these conflicts will never be forgotten.
The Earliest-Born American to Be Photographed Is Also a Veteran
In 1852, at age 103, Revolutionary War veteran Conrad Heyer sat down to have his picture taken.
George Washington Was Nearly Impossible to Kill
Diseases, brutal weather, and enemy fire all failed to take him down.
That Time Los Angeles Fought off an Imaginary Japanese Bombing Raid
They called it the "Battle of L.A." There was just one problem—the City of Angels wasn't under attack.
That Time a WWII Bomber Pilot Climbed Onto the Wing Mid-Flight to Save His Crew
His crew tied a rope around his chest and he made his way onto the wing to extinguish the blaze.
When Civil War Musicians Served as Battlefield Medics
The life of a Civil War regimental band member wasn't all treble clefs and drumsticks.
This German Soldier Received the Same Wounds in the Same Town as His Father Did 30 Years Earlier
The past echoes through the present...
That Time Mannequins and Unmanned Rifles Duped the Enemy at Gallipoli and Helped Allied Forces Escape
One resourceful soldier had a brilliant plan to escape approaching forces...
