Controlling Information: The Secret Weapon
In the midst of World War II, on a seemingly ordinary morning in April 1943, a Spanish fisherman named José Antonio Rey María made a discovery that would alter the course of the war. Floating off the coast of Huelva, Spain, was the body of a British Royal Marine officer,
The Army in the Interwar: Training a Professional Army in a Turbulent Era
Immediately following the Armistice in November 1918, the U.S. Army experienced its first significant victory on the world stage. Yet despite the peace declared in Europe, thousands of American soldiers remained deployed in far-flung and challenging environments. In northern Russia, for example, soldiers found themselves fighting in the bitter cold
Lockheed A-12 Oxcart
Succeeded by it’s younger Blackbird counterpart, the A-12 Oxcart was Lockheed’s response to the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) need for a high-altitude supersonic strategic reconnaissance aircraft. Smaller, faster, more stealthy, and agile than it’s younger counterpart, the A-12 conducted a field of operations over Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Soviet bloc. So
The Totally (not) Real Story of the Quad City War
Recently, a request came up regarding an M103 Heavy Tank that was located on a public island on the Mississippi River. The island has been subjugated to numerous floods over the years and so has the tank. I decided to jump into the newspapers to find more information about the
