The 4th Marine Division and the Army's 7th Infantry Division landed on several islands within the atoll. Four days later, ...
History-Computer on MSN

Battles won against impossible odds

History is filled with tales of underdogs prevailing against seemingly daunting forces. Smaller armies trying their best to hold out against massive empires, plucky fleets taking the fight to the most ...
This Blast from the Past article was initially published in Army Logistician (the former title of Army Sustainment) in the ...
In October 1952, a rebuilt division faced three Chinese divisions on a 395-meter hill northwest of Cheorwon. The ROK 9th Infantry Division did not run. They held against 28 separate assaults over ten ...
DETROIT, MI — The wheels of Delta Airlines flight 733 touched the tarmac of Detroit Metro Airport Saturday, Oct. 11, at 12:51 p.m., the moment Capt. Charles Graham Gibson Jr. came home, more than 75 ...
NEW DELHI (AP) – In his day, India’s army chief fought the Pakistani army in the battlefields of Bangladesh and the Tamil Tiger insurgents in the forests of Sri Lanka. Now, he has a new adversary _ ...
As the U.S. Army commemorates its 250th birthday, historic U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn stands as a visible link to the nation's earliest days. Fort Hamilton, overlooking the Narrows, ...