Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine

This Week in U.S. Military History: May 12th, 2026–May 18th, 2026 traces a week of anniversaries that runs from the surrender of Charleston in the Revolutionary War to hard-won victories in Tunisia and at Monte Cassino, from the creation of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and the Selective Service system to the lifting of the Berlin Blockade and the costly Mayaguez rescue. Listeners hear how each moment fits into its wider war or era, and how small choices by individuals sit alongside sweeping campaigns and global strategy.

You move from river crossings outside Vicksburg and brutal hours at the Bloody Angle to Army pilots flying the first scheduled airmail and sailors fighting to save USS Stark after a sudden missile strike. The narration follows these dates as a single story about adaptation, endurance, and the risks of serving far from home. This Week in U.S. Military History is the Tuesday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, developed by Trackpads.com, offering a guided walk through the people, decisions, and consequences behind one week on the American military calendar.