A “Damned Nobody” to Four Stars: The Life and Career of General Bruce C. Clarke
“The Army has had two great trainers,” General Dwight D. Eisenhower once asserted. “Von Steuben, and Bruce Clarke.” A relatively obscure figure in the pantheon of notable American military leaders, Bruce C. Clarke holds a position of quiet importance in Army history.
A Record Unequaled – The 20th General Hospital in World War II
The legacy that the 20th General Hospital left behind is one of men and women who provided exceptional medical care to the wounded (both Allied and enemy) in the austere environment of the China-Burma-India Theater and adds to a history of University of Pennsylvania medical personnel providing care to the nation’s soldiers that stretches from the American Revolution to today.
Soldiers and Scholars: A Historical Examination of Distance Education in the U.S. Army and Its Connections to American Education
The advent and development of distance education has provided accessible, affordable, and quality education to millions of Americans. Distance education can trace its roots to educators in the late 1700s publishing newspaper advertisements offering to teach shorthand through correspondence.
Fort Michie, New York
Fort Michie was a U.S. Army coast artillery post located on Great Gull Island, New York, from 1897 to 1948.
Artwork of the Spanish-American War
2023 marks the 125th anniversary of the Spanish-American War, the brief but pivotal 1898 conflict that garnered the United States an overseas empire and solidified its position as an emerging […]
Army Almanac – Spring 2024
Take a journey through summers of yore with this issue’s Army Almanac, featuring thirty-plus important dates in Army history.
Stray Rounds – Summer 2024
This summer’s Stray Rounds includes Stories Behind the Stars, POW/MIA Burial, Endangered Battlefields and more.
Brigadier General Russell W. Volckmann
When the Japanese invaded the Philippines in December 1941, Volckmann and his men fought back, and when Bataan fell, Volckmann and a handful of others refused to surrender and escaped the Bataan Death March.
Irwin McDowell: Forgotten No More
Irvin McDowell was a true, loyal, and dutiful soldier who was not always placed in positions that utilized his many talents as a military bureaucrat and planner.
The Regiment of Voltiguers and foot Riflemen
As they were organized, the Voltiguer companies departed from different American ports, including New Orleans and Savannah, and sailed across the Gulf of Mexico to the port of Veracruz, which had surrendered to MG Winfield Scott after a short siege in March 1847.
