June 30 was a major success milestone in Iraq as the US military officially completed the handover of security responsibility for all of Iraq’s cities to the Iraqi police and military.  US troops will continue training Iraqi recruits and will patrol the borders and some rural areas.  But most of the security responsibility now belongs [...]

Throughout the first half of 1944, America and Great Britain assembled land, naval, and air forces in England where they prepared for the assault on Hitler’s “Fortress Europe.” Hundreds of thousands of soldiers from America, Canada, and Britain trained and rehearsed their roles in the largest and most complex military operation in human history. More [...]

On June 6, 1944, a few hours after the invasion began, President Roosevelt spoke on all the radio networks and revealed to the American People what had been a military secret for over a year, the exact date and location of the invasion of Europe. He then asked listeners to join him as he prayed. [...]

This is an actual copy of the message from Supreme Allied Commander, General Eisenhower, given to many of the troops as they left England and sailed or flew across the channel to France for the D-Day Invasion. Those who didn’t receive a paper copy heard the message read by Eisenhower himself, over loudspeakers aboard the [...]

On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation! ~Thomas W Parsons John William Finn: First Medal of Honor Recipient of World War II During the first attack by Japanese airplanes on the Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, on 7 December 1941, Lt. Finn promptly secured and manned a .50-caliber [...]

“Green sods are all their monuments; and yet it tells A nobler history than pillared piles, Or the eternal pyramids.” ~James Gates Percival Michael A. Monsoor: Awarded the Medal of Honor for Heroism in Iraq President Bush awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously to Petty Officer Second Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor at the White [...]

Raymond R. Wright: Awarded the Medal of Honor for Heroism in Vietnam While serving as a rifleman, Spc4 Raymond R. Wright, 22,  distinguished himself during a combat patrol in an area where an enemy ambush had occurred earlier. Spc4. Wright’s unit suddenly came under intense automatic weapons and small-arms fire from an enemy bunker system [...]

They fell, but o’er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save. ~Francis Marion Crawford Audy Murphy: Most Decorated Soldier of World War II Near Holtzwihr France, on January 26, 1945 2d Lt. Murphy commanded Company B, which was attacked by 6 tanks and waves of infantry. 2d Lt. [...]

Originally published in 2008 Congressional Medal of Honor Citations for heroes interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Cemetery, Washington D.C. World War I By virtue of an act of Congress approved 24 August 1921, the Medal of Honor, emblem of highest ideals and virtues is bestowed in the name of the Congress [...]

In this video Toby Keith discusses his seventh USO tour, and tells us why he gives so much of his time to entertain the troops. . .