Land Forces Stories
Sgt. Stubby: American War Dog
By Dwight Jon Zimmerman in Land Forces under Featured, History with no comments
The use of dogs in war has a history reaching back to ancient times. The most famous American war dog was a four-legged hero of World War I named Sgt. Stubby.
Sgt. Stubby was ...more »
Bill Beck: A Cavalryman at the Ia Drang Valley
By Robert F. Dorr in Land Forces under Featured, History with 2 comments
When the Hueys took them into a clearing in the Ia Drang Valley, the men had no idea they were heading into a fight.
They were American air cavalrymen, trained in a new kind ...more »
The One-eyed, One-legged Pigeon Who Won the Croix de Guerre
By Dwight Jon Zimmerman in Land Forces under Featured, History with no comments
Battlefield communications between frontline units and headquarters during World War I were a study in contrasts. Co-existing with the new technologies of wireless radio and telephone land lines were methods as ancient as ...more »
An Infantryman in the Battle of the Bulge
By Robert F. Dorr in Land Forces under Featured, History with 1 comment
When Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945, Staff Sgt. Rocco J. “Rocky” Moretto was one of only two men in his infantry company who’d landed on D-Day and fought through to victory without ...more »
Courage Under Fire: The Day Lt. Gen. Walton Walker Defied General of the Army Douglas MacArthur
By Dwight Jon Zimmerman in Land Forces under Featured, History with no comments
In the fall of 1950, the United Nations forces in Korea under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur seemed about to achieve one of the greatest turnaround victories in military history. In July ...more »
When Americans Fought the Russians
By Robert F. Dorr in Land Forces under Featured, History with 2 comments
American soldiers fought in Russia from 1918 to 1920 in two separate operations, both mishandled and too late to be useful, at opposite ends of that great country – near Archangelsk in Europe ...more »
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