Commodore John Barry (1745–1803) was an Irish-born merchant-captain who threw in with the Continentals in 1776. Sailing first in Lexington and later the 32-gun frigate Alliance, he captured or destroyed more than
Why do our destroyers carry the names they do? Most of us can rattle off Arleigh Burke or John Paul Jones, yet once the list gets longer the stories blur. This project sets out to fix that. Over the coming months I’ll publish a ru
The Mighty Eighth, as the Eighth Air Force has been referred to throughout history, was a formidable aerial force during World War II. Originally established as VIII Bomber Command in early 1942, this unit rapidly became a cornerstone of
The Second Schweinfurt Raid, also known as "Black Thursday," occurred on 14 October 1943, during World War II. This air battle took place over Nazi Germany and involved the United States 8th Air Force and the German Luftwaffe fighter arm (Jagdwaffe
