How the ‘Brush-Off Club’ helped jilted WWII troops cope with Jody
4 days ago · According to the Jan. 24, 1943, issue of Yank, The Army Weekly, mournful hearts organized for the first time in military history to join forces in mutual lovers’ sorrow and sympathy.. The rules ...
Killer instinct: How one man taught US soldiers to fight dirty in WWII
4 days ago · Lecturing to a group of young U.S. Army Rangers on a field at Fort Meade, Maryland, in May 1942, U.S. Army lieutenant colonel Francois d’Eliscu ordered a trainee to level his rifle and bayonet ...
The American woman who sculpted new faces for battle-scarred …
4 days ago · Beyond physical disfigurement, the maiming of a generation of men left many with deep psychological wounds as well. (Library of Congress) The “effect on a man who must go through life, an object ...
National Guard troops deserve equal GI Bill eligibility - Military Times
5 days ago · It's time for the next administration to expand GI Bill eligibility for National Guard troops, Daniel Elkins, founder and president of Special Operations Association of America, argues in this op ...