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Desert Rescue Down
Headline Wednesday: Operation Eagle Claw, Iran hostage crisis, follows the desperate attempt to rescue American hostages from Tehran and the night it fell apart in a s...
This Week in History October 20th, 2026 – October 26th, 2026
This Week in U.S. Military History: October 20th, 2026–October 26th, 2026 carries listeners from wooded riverbanks in the War of 1812 and the early shock of Ball’s Blu...
Beyond the Call: Corporal John D. Kelly at Fort du Roule, Cherbourg, 1944
Beyond the Call: Corporal John D. Kelly at Fort du Roule, Cherbourg, 1944 follows a young Pennsylvania infantryman as he crawls up a bullet swept Norman hillside, carr...
Arsenal: A-6 Intruder over North Vietnam, Vietnam War
Arsenal: A-6 Intruder over North Vietnam, Vietnam War takes listeners onto blacked-out carrier decks and into low-level, all-weather strike runs against defended targe...
Opening the War
Headline Wednesday: Gulf of Tonkin Incidents, early Vietnam War follows two destroyers into black water where radar echoes and tense crews turn a narrow sea into a glo...
This Week in History October 13th, 2026 – October 19th, 2026
This Week in U.S. Military History: October 13th, 2026–October 19th, 2026 traces a seven-day stretch where American arms helped shape everything from a fragile revolut...
“Hammerin’ Hank” over Wake Island: Major Henry T. Elrod’s Last Fight
In this Beyond the Call episode from Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine and Trackpads dot com, we travel to tiny Wake Island in December nineteen forty one to fo...
Arsenal: HH-60G Pave Hawk in Combat Search and Rescue, Global War on Terror
Arsenal: HH-60G Pave Hawk in Combat Search and Rescue, Global War on Terror follows the United States Air Force’s dedicated rescue helicopter from dusty Afghan valleys...
Lines in the Ocean
Headline Wednesday: Cuban Missile Crisis Quarantine, Cold War tells the story of how warships enforced a dangerous nuclear standoff at sea. Off the coast of Cuba, Amer...
This Week in History October 6th, 2026 – October 12th, 2026
This Week in U.S. Military History: October 6th, 2026–October 12th, 2026 follows a week of anniversaries that stretch from wooden gunboats on Lake Champlain to a moder...
Francis C. Flaherty: The Ensign Who Stayed in the Dark
Some acts of courage happen far from any spotlight. In this week’s Beyond the Call feature from Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, developed by Trackpads.com, w...
Arsenal: M60 Patton in Desert Storm, 1991
Arsenal: M60 Patton in Desert Storm, 1991 follows Marine tank crews as they drive their upgraded Patton tanks through Iraqi minefields, trenches, and dug-in armor on t...
The Lake Fleet
Headline Wednesday: Battle of Lake Erie, War of 1812 brings you to a freshwater battlefield where strategy, shipbuilding, and leadership collide. On a narrow lake that...
This Week in History September 29th, 2026 – October 5th, 2026
This Week in U.S. Military History: September 29th, 2026–October 5th, 2026 explores a week that stretches from the fog and confusion of the Battle of Germantown to the...
Flying Home on Fire: First Lieutenant William R. Lawley Jr. and the B 17 That Wouldn’t Quit
A dead copilot in the right-hand seat. A burning engine. A jammed bomb load. Eight wounded men in the back. On 20 February 1944, First Lieutenant William R. Lawley Jr....
Arsenal: C-141 Starlifter in Strategic Airlift, Vietnam to Desert Storm
Arsenal: C-141 Starlifter in Strategic Airlift, Vietnam to Desert Storm follows the jet transport that turned global airlift into a fast, dependable reality from South...
Frigate of Iron
Headline Wednesday: Old Ironsides vs Guerriere, War of 1812 follows USS Constitution into an Atlantic duel that helped define a young navy’s character. This episode wa...
This Week in History September 22nd, 2026 – September 28th, 2026
This Week in U.S. Military History: September 22nd, 2026–September 28th, 2026 guides you from a lonely gallows in occupied New York to the hard-fought streets of Seoul...
Isadore S. Jachman: Running Toward the Tanks
When a young Jewish family fled Berlin in the 1930s, they could not have known that their son would one day return to Europe in an American uniform and stand alone aga...
Arsenal: Aegis Combat System in the U.S. Fleet, Cold War to Today
Arsenal: Aegis Combat System in the U.S. Fleet, Cold War to Today follows the digital shield that guards carriers and convoys from Lebanon and the Persian Gulf to the ...