General Westmorland presents Lt Col. Hal Moore with a Distinguished Service Cross for his exceptional leadership at LZ X-Ray. June 1966 The movie, "We Were Soldiers" was based on this battle.

Today in 1918, the Unites States and France launch the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. More than 1.2 million Allied troops are committed making it the largest operation ever undertaken by America's military. And with more than 27,000 U.S. soldiers killed, it's also the deadliest.

On this day in 1938, British prime minister Neville Chamberlain returns from a meeting with Hitler in Munich and promises "peace for our time." In less than a year, the world will be at war.

Crazy upscaled and colorized footage from Dec. 4, 1943 off the deck of the USS Yorktown(CV-10) near Kwajalein Atoll showing 5in guns taking down a Japanese Nakajima B6N2 Tenzen Torpedo bomber belonging to the 531st Kokutai. Action caught from two different camera angles.🫡

Vietnam 17 Feb 1968 Marines transport their seriously wounded atop an Army tank through the bloody streets of Hue toward a helicopter evacuation point. Rifle in one hand, IV in the other...

U.S. Army UH-1 Huey choppers fly cover over a Mekong Delta landing zone — South Vietnam, March 1969.

Quite the image... a downed Cobra pilot being hoisted aboard a rescue helicopter, Vietnam 1972.

On this day in 1917, the Canadian army goes on the offensive at Passchendaele. More than 16,000 troops become casualties; many of the wounded drown in the mud before they can be recovered by stretcher teams.

Sadly, this is the first year at the commemoration ceremony at Pearl Harbor that no Pearl Harbor survivor has attended. We have lost so many over the past few years and as few as 12 remain living today. From one generation to the next. Remember Pearl Harbor. Remember those lost.

On this day in 1940, the Three Stooges' "You Nazty Spy" is released in the U.S. The 18-minute slapstick comedy is the first American movie to openly lampoon Adolf Hitler, appearing nine months before Chaplin's satirical classic "The Great Dictator."

#OTD January 19, 1563: The Heidelberg Catechism is first published in Germany. Commissioned by Elector Frederick III of the Palatinate, it was designed as a teaching tool for youth and a guide for pastors and teachers. Written by Zacharias Ursinus and Caspar Olevianus, the

#OTD January 19, 1568: Death of Miles Coverdale, 80, publisher of the first printed English Bible. He completed the translation of the Old Testament which William Tyndale had left unfinished at his death in 1536.

F-4 baby!!!!

USAF F-4Cs out of Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona

F-4 Phantom II aircraft assigned to the VF-84 Jolly Rogers prepare to launch from USS Independence (CVA 62) for an Operation Rolling Thunder mission over North Vietnam in 1965. Visible in the foreground are F-4s of the VF-41 Black Aces and an A-4 Skyhawk assigned to the VA-86.

USAF F-4C Phantom 81st TFS / 52nd TFW

Today in American History: 1943 World War II's Battle of Guadalcanal ended with an American victory, as U.S. forces secured the Solomon Islands after six months of intense fighting. This marked a key turning point in the Pacific Theater, shifting momentum against Japan (with

USMC F-4Js Phanton of VMFA-235 "Death Angels" over MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. 1970

US Navy F-4B Phantom VF-142 Awesome shot!

#OTD February 10, AD 60: (traditional date) The Apostle Paul is shipwrecked on the island of Malta while being transported as a prisoner to Rome. As recorded in Acts 27–28, all aboard survive. On Malta, Paul is unharmed by a viper, heals the father of Publius and others on the