Defense Wide Stories
Book Review: For Military Merit: Recipients of the Purple Heart
By Robert F. Dorr in Defense Wide under Commentary, Defense Issues, Featured, History with no comments
Special operations troops and military service members caught up in terrorist attacks are among more than one million Americans who’ve received the Purple Heart.
While the original criteria specified that the award be given ...more »
Above and Beyond the Call of Duty: Gen. George Marshall Obtains the Medal of Honor for Gen. Douglas MacArthur
By Dwight Jon Zimmerman in Defense Wide under History with 6 comments
On March 25, 1942, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall sent a memorandum to President Franklin Roosevelt marked “Secret.” The subject line read: “Medal of Honor, General Douglas MacArthur.”
The memo contained ...more »
Operation Torch: YBSOB Decoded
By Dwight Jon Zimmerman in Defense Wide under History with no comments
One of the most critical issues facing the Allies in 1942 was where to open a second front in the West. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill were painfully ...more »
Hunting the Insurgent Leader
By Dwight Jon Zimmerman in Defense Wide under Defense Issues, Defense Technology, History with no comments
Details differed, but the basic facts were the same. Shortly after the turn of the century, towns and American troops garrisoned near the border were attacked by insurgents in surprise raids. People were ...more »
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