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World War II
May 25, 2004
Kevin R. Austra |
Desperate Hours on Omaha Beach As soldiers of the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division leaped from their landing craft into the choppy waters off Omaha Beach, many cursed the landing-craft pilots who had deposited them too far away from the invasion beach.   |
World War II
May 25, 2004
David R. Jennys |
D-Day's Mighty Host A perilous airborne strike and the mightiest assemblage of seaborne power yet seen heralded the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. |
World War II
December 21, 2004
David Lee |
Great Britain's Forgotten Commandos In World War II the Royal Navy Commandos spearheaded British amphibious assaults in Europe and Asia. Although little known today, these commandos were vital to the success of many of the most important Allied landings, among them the July 10, 1943, invasion of Sicily. |
World War II
March 2, 2005
Oscar Friedensohn |
GI's Bloody Rhine River Crossing A combat engineer will never forget the day he led an assault boat across the Rhine River and into the teeth of the German defenses at St. Goarshausen. |
World War II
May 25, 2004
Frederick & Masci |
2nd Ranger Battalion Takes Pointe-du-Hoc U.S. Army General Omar Bradley described the attack on the German gun battery at Pointe-du-Hoc on D-Day as the most difficult mission he had ever given any soldiers in his command. |
World War II
Robert Barr Smith |
The Greatest Raid of All The British raid on St. Nazaire, France, eliminated a vital German port facility and cemented the commandos' reputation as redoubtable fighters. |
Military History Quarterly
Summer 2004
John M. Taylor |
World War II: 101st Airborne Division Participate in Operation Overlord In their baptism of fire, the green paratroopers of General Maxwell Taylor's 101st Airborne Division performed like seasoned veterans in Operation Overlord. |
Military History
Charles W. Sasser |
Invasion Abandoned As the Cuban T-33 jet strafed the insurgents on the beach, a U.S. carrier plane closed to shoot it down. "Don't fire! Don't fire!" cried the carrier's air controller. "Rules of engagement have been changed." |
World War II
Williamson Murray |
Triumph of Operation Torch The Allied invasion of North Africa was a necessary first step on the road to victory in Europe. |
AskMen.com
Aaron Broverman |
Top 10: American Military Missions These 10 American military missions represent what it means to be American and trace the shaping of world history by the world's last standing superpower. |
National Defense
October 2010
Grace V. Jean |
How Marines Will Storm Beaches in The 21st Century While many pundits contend that ship-to-shore fighting is fast becoming archaic, Marine Corps leadership insists that future conflicts may again require amphibious skills. |
National Defense
April 2013
Dan Parsons |
Small Boats Mean Big Business for Shipbuilders Big ships -- aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines -- get all the glory, but it is the Navy's smallest vessels that could prove pivotal in future conflicts. |
Real Travel Adventures
April 2007
Bart Allen Berry |
Kayak Fishing and Osama Bin Laden Kayaks have become so versatile that you can surf it, tour on the open sea or any estuary or river mouth with 6 inches of water and you can paddle out to sea wherever the fish are. |
National Defense
April 2007
Breanne Wagner |
Brown-Water Navy Begins Hunt for New Riverine Combat Craft Some time after 2010, the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command plans to buy a new small boat that will be tailored to specific Navy needs. |
AskMen.com
Nick Clarke |
Top 10: Blue Flag Beaches To earn a Blue Flag, a recreational beach must meet strict quality standards: excellent waters, excellent sands, excellent services, excellent environmental management, and excellent safety. Here are our top ten Blue Flag beach choices. |
AskMen.com
Salvatore Mann |
Top 10: Eye Candy Beaches Let's be honest, guys: The true allure of the beach is the sight of beautiful toned women in bikinis. In each of the locales that made this list, the physical specimens outshine the natural beauty. |
Wired
October 16, 2007
Charles Graeber |
The Pedal-to-the-Metal, Totally Illegal, Cross-Country Sprint for Glory And so the clock starts and the taillights flare, and they're off again, strapped down, fueled up, and bound on an outlaw enterprise with 2,795 miles of interstate and some 31,000 highway cops between them and the all-time speed record for crossing the American continent on four wheels. |
