This Veteran’s Day, as we remember those men and women we’ve sent into battle, we should also take a moment to remember the fateful decisions, sometimes tragically bad ones, our commanders made that ...

General Douglas MacArthur first drove North Korean forces past the 38th parallel during the Korean War in 1951, but ...

A copy of General Douglas MacArthur’s speech to a joint session of Congress on April 19, 1951. (Library of Congress) The clash between Truman and MacArthur turned on what to do about China. In the ...

It almost happened twice and is long overdue. It was time for General Douglas MacArthur to be awarded the rank of General of the Armies of the United States. Though not an actual Six Star General, the ...

In June 2023, a five-person submersible attempting to explore the Titanic shipwreck imploded, killing everyone on board. As news of their deaths spread, old interview clips of Stockton Rush, the CEO ...

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