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Last Stand of USS Johnston: How a Destroyer Fought a Japanese Battle Line
Headline Wednesday: USS Johnston and the destroyers at Samar, World War II follows a thin line of “small boys” that suddenly find a Japanese battle line bearing down o...
Legacy: 1969 USS Enterprise Ordnance Disaster
In January 1969, the nuclear-powered carrier USS Enterprise faced one of the most devastating peacetime disasters in U.S. Navy history. A single misfired rocket ignite...
This Week in History December 16th, 2025 – December 22nd, 2025
This Week in U.S. Military History: December 16th, 2025–December 22nd, 2025 invites listeners into a vivid week where snowbound huts at Valley Forge sit beside jet bom...
Beyond the Call: Private First Class Lloyd C. Hawks at Carano, Italy, 1944
Beyond the Call: Private First Class Lloyd C. Hawks at Carano, Italy, 1944 follows a combat medic who crawls into open ground under relentless fire to reach and save w...
Arsenal: M1 Abrams in Desert Storm, 1991
A tank built for the forests of Central Europe earns its legend in the sands of Kuwait. In this episode of Arsenal, we ride with M1 Abrams crews into the blinding dust...
Living History: How the Medal of Honor Found Its Meaning (Part 1)
In this Living History episode for Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, Dr. Jason Edwards opens a two-part series on the Medal of Honor by stepping back from indi...
“Nuts” at Bastogne: How Airborne Troops Held the Line in the Ardennes
Headline Wednesday: Bastogne, Battle of the Bulge follows the story of a snowbound crossroads town that refused to yield under fire. Surrounded by German armor and inf...
Legacy: Wasp-Hobson Collision and Command at Sea
On a moonless Atlantic night in 1952, routine carrier operations turned into catastrophe when the USS Wasp and her plane guard destroyer USS Hobson collided during a t...
This Week in History December 9th, 2025 – December 15th, 2025
This Week in U.S. Military History: December 9th, 2025–December 15th, 2025 follows a week where early Patriot volunteers, Civil War armies, and modern expeditionary fo...
Beyond the Call: Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class William D. Halyburton Jr. at Okinawa Shima, 1945
Beyond the Call: Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class William David Halyburton Jr. at Awacha Draw, Okinawa, 1945 follows a young Navy corpsman attached to a Marine rifle com...
Arsenal: F-14 Tomcat in U.S. Navy Fleet Air Defense, the Cold War
Arsenal: F-14 Tomcat in U.S. Navy Fleet Air Defense, the Cold War follows the big twin engine fighter from tense patrols over the Gulf of Sidra to long patrol arcs abo...
The Foggy Tank Battle That Shattered a Panzer Force
Headline Wednesday: The Foggy Tank Battle at Arracourt, Second World War traces a days-long armored clash fought in thick Lorraine fog, where American crews in Sherman...
Legacy: Drones Before Drones
From the smoke-filled skies above Fleurus in 1794 to the buzzing wooden Kettering Bug of 1918, militaries have long searched for ways to see and strike without risking...
This Week in History December 2nd, 2025 – December 8th, 2025
This Week in U.S. Military History: December 2nd, 2025–December 8th, 2025 invites you into a week where a fledgling navy hoists its first unified flag, a surprise atta...
Beyond the Call: Private First Class Clarence Byrle Craft at Hen Hill, Okinawa, 1945
Beyond the Call: Private First Class Clarence Byrle Craft at Hen Hill, Okinawa, 1945 follows a young rifleman’s one-man assault that helped crack a key Japanese strong...
Legacy: Combat Engineers as War-Makers
Combat engineers have long been the arsenal behind the lines, shaping victory in ways that rarely make the history books. From minefield breaches to river crossings, f...
Welcome to Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine
Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine is your daily return to America’s battlefields, flight decks, foxholes, and flight lines—now brought to life in audio. This tr...
Legacy: Battle of Mogadishu
In October 1993, a mission meant to last just ninety minutes unraveled into one of the most intense urban battles of modern times. Task Force Ranger entered Mogadishu ...
Legacy: Amphibious Warfare from Gallipoli to Inchon
The clash between failure and triumph defines the story of amphibious warfare. In 1915, Allied troops rowed toward Gallipoli’s unforgiving cliffs, only to be broken by...
Legacy: From Cavalry to Mechanized Shock
The First World War opened with the thunder of hooves and the proud banners of cavalry still carrying centuries of tradition. Within a generation, those horsemen faced...