On October 23, 1983, at precisely 6:22 a.m., Beirut was shattered by the roar of an explosion so powerful it was felt miles away. A suicide bomber drove a truck packed with explosives into the U.S. Marine barracks near the Beirut International Airport, killing 241 American servicemen—most of them sleeping in their bunks. Just minutes …
On February 23, 1945, amid the brutal battle for Iwo Jima, a moment of triumph was captured in a single photograph that would become one of the most iconic images in American history. After days of relentless fighting against entrenched Japanese forces, a group of six U.S. Marines reached the summit of Mount Suribachi, the …
1945 marked one of the most grueling and significant battles of World War II—the Battle of Iwo Jima. This small, volcanic island in the Pacific became the stage for a fierce and bloody confrontation between American and Japanese forces. As part of the U.S. strategy to capture strategic locations leading to Japan, Iwo Jima held …
The teacher gave her fifth-grade class an assignment: get their parents to tell them a story with a moral at the end. The next day, the kids came back and, one by one, began to tell their stories. There were all the usual kinds of tales—spilled milk and pennies saved. But then the teacher realized, …
A United States Marine was attending some college courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of the courses had a professor who was an avowed atheist and a member of the ACLU. One day the professor shocked the class when he came in. He looked to the ceiling and flatly …
