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This blog is not just a collection of articles. It is a quiet tribute. A tribute to the men and women who served with honor, some of whom returned home to tell their stories, and many who never could.

Some stories don’t shout—they whisper. And in that whisper, they carry a weight more powerful than a battlefield roar. That’s what I...

Heritage Honeybee Farm Thursday, June 16, at 6 p.m. The US Veterans Project Library and the Dwight Foster Public Library invite the...

Overseas Cemeteries of World War I and World War II This program will occur in person at the Dwight Foster Public Library, 209 Merchants Ave, Fort Atkinson, and will be available remotely on Zoom. Find the link to join at https://www.fortlibrary.org/usvets/ Thursday, May 26, at 6 p.m. The US Veterans Project Library and the Dwight Foster Public Library invite you to celebrate Memorial Day with this tour of the military cemeteries of Europe. Wes Sisson will present this progra

When we think of heroes of World War II, we often picture soldiers storming beaches, pilots in dogfights, or medics pulling the wounded...

December 7, 1941—a date that echoed through history as “a day which will live in infamy.” In The Attack on Pearl Harbor: A Day That Changed America, Christy Pinheiro and Richard A. Serrano craft a compelling narrative that transports readers back to the island of Oahu, capturing both the build-up to the assault and its profound aftermath. What I Found Most Gripping: Context and Tension: The authors begin by tracing the simmering tensions between the United States and Japan—ec

Long before he became a legend in the skies, Richard Ira Bong was a quiet boy on a dairy farm in the northern woods of Poplar, Wisconsin....

9/11 Memorial & Museum The 9/11 Memorial & Museum: A Sacred Space of Honor, Memory, and American Resolve At the heart of Lower Manhattan, where the Twin Towers once stood, the 9/11 Memorial & Museum serves as the United States’ principal institution for preserving the story of September 11, 2001, and the earlier 1993 World Trade Center bombing. It stands not only as a site of remembrance but as a living testament to the strength, courage, and unity of the American people. Her

The U.S. Air Force Museum was constructed on the site of the former Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. Contributor’s Story – May 2021Location:...

Craig & Fred is the unforgettable true story of an unlikely friendship forged on the front lines of war—and how love, loyalty, and a...

The astonishing true story of three fearless female resisters during WWII whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in...

Why We Serve: NAtive Americans in the United States Armed Forces Rare stories from more than 250 years of Native Americans’ service in...

The shocking and affecting memoir from a gold-star widow searching for the truth behind her Green Beret husband's death, this book bears...

Nathaniel Fick Book Cover If the Marines are “the few, the proud,” Recon Marines are the fewest and the proudest. Nathaniel Fick’s career...

Liza Mundi Book Cover Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as...

Steve Vogel Book Cover In a rousing account of one of the critical turning points in American history, Through the Perilous Fight tells...