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The first atomic cannon was fired at Frenchman Flat, Nevada. Fired as part of Operation Upshot-Knothole and code named Shot […]

Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (April 11, 1837 – May 24, 1861) was a United States Army officer and law clerk who

Francis Edwin Brownell (July 18, 1840 – March 15, 1894) was a Union Army soldier who received a Medal of

1941 – The German battleship Bismarck sank the British dreadnought HMS Hood in the North Atlantic. 1416 died with only

Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was a U.S. military officer, railroad executive, inventor and politician

William Harvey Carney (February 29, 1840 – December 9, 1908) was an American soldier during the American Civil War. Born

1988 – The V-22 Osprey, the world’s first production tilt-rotor aircraft, made its debut during rollout ceremonies at Bell Helicopter

Citation: Private First Class Desmond T. Doss, United States Army, Medical Detachment, 307th Infantry, 77th Infantry Division. Near Urasoe-Mura, Okinawa,

Aristotelis Savalas was born in Garden City, New York, on January 21, 1922, the second of five children born to

James “Jabby” Jabara (10 October 1923 – 17 November 1966) was the first American and United States Air Force jet