Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine

This Week in U.S. Military History: October 27th, 2026–November 2nd, 2026 opens with Union troops fighting through mud and confusion at the Boydton Plank Road, then shifts to American formations surging forward in the final Meuse-Argonne push of November 1st, 1918. Along the way you hear how Roosevelt’s Navy Day address sets the stage for the loss of USS Reuben James in the North Atlantic, and how Marines carve out a precarious jungle foothold at Cape Torokina before cruisers and destroyers fight off a night attack in Empress Augusta Bay.

The week then moves into the nuclear age, as crews ride out the razor’s edge of the Cuban Missile Crisis and advisers in Vietnam witness the fall of Ngo Dinh Diem and the bombing halt over North Vietnam. Listeners follow each event as part of a single narrative, hearing how these days link tactics in the field to political decisions far away. “This Week in U.S. Military History” is the Tuesday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, developed by Trackpads dot com, inviting you to hear how one week on the calendar reveals decades of American arms, anxiety, and adaptation.