Maryland woman "proud" of mother's role in Six Triple Eight battalion during World War II
The Six Triple Eight, a military battalion made up of 855 Black women during World War II, included 19 from Maryland.
These national park trails were created by America’s first Black soldiers
Follow in the footsteps of the Buffalo Soldiers, who guarded parks and created trails in Yosemite, Sequoia, and Hawai’i ...
katc9h
No mail, No morale: The story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
"No mail, no morale." This saying inspired an all-female U.S. Women's Army Corps unit to sort vital wartime mail. KATC spoke ...
A tank regiment rolls out its history
Launched at their headquarters in Durban, the 800 page volume is titled Rough but Ready, the updated history of the Natal ...
The Aviationist15h
French Navy Rafales and U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets Perform Cross-Deck Operations During Exercise Pacific Steller
Pacific Steller saw the USS Carl C. Vinson, FNS Charles De Gaulle and JS Kaga involved in a Multi-Large Deck Event near the Philippine Sea, with both ...
Cardinal News2d
The hero of the Battle of Great Bridge was a sentry who took on an entire British platoon. He was also a free Black man.
History remembers Flora as the hero of the Battle of Great Bridge. A sentry facing an onslaught of volleys, he fired multiple ...
Times News5d
Ned Jilton II: A history of U.S. presidents and their military service
Feb. 17 is Presidents Day. A friend and I were talking about presidents when he said that so many of them were senators, representatives or governors and wondered if any ...