A Soldier Held a Funeral for His Own Severed Arm—His Hidden Memoir Reveals Why It Still Haunted Him

Shadrack Byfield took a musket bullet to the arm in the War of 1812, requiring its amputation. It dramatically shaped the ...

Historic marker to be unveiled for Buffalo Soldier at Oakdale Cemetery

An unveiling of a soldier who was part of the African American Buffalo Soldiers is set for next week at Oakdale Cemetery in ...

Grave Marker for Unknown 7th Cavalry Soldier Returned to Little Bighorn Battlefield

A grave marker associated with an unknown U.S. Army 7th Cavalry Soldier was formally returned to Little Bighorn Battlefield ...
Task & Purpose

Jet packs and helmet radios: what the Army’s 1959 ‘soldier of the future’ got right and wrong

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Wall Street Journal

‘The American Soldier’ Review: On the History Channel, a Fighting Force’s Evolution

It is hardly a bombshell that the Civil War would dominate a show titled “The American Soldier”; everyone fighting the Civil War was an American soldier. It is curious, however, that this Veterans Day ...

IDF soldier sentenced to 20-days in military prison after protesting outside Central Command HQ

The soldier, who was sentenced by court-martial, held signs outside the Jerusalem headquarters that read: "Avi Bluth - Stop Administrative Orders" and "Avi Bluth - Stop Persecuting Tal Yinon Dardik." ...