Michael Ollis Stepped Between a Suicide Bomber and a Wounded Soldier

Bull Halsey: The Admiral Who Chased a Decoy—and Left Taffy 3 Exposed

David Petraeus: Two Wars, Eight Notebooks, One Scandal

James Gavin: The General Who Jumped Into War

He Stole a Confederate Ship—Then Entered Congress | Robert Smalls

Wounded by an RPG, He Went Back for His Men | Nicholas Dockery

James Capers Jr.: The Vietnam Ambush Behind His Medal of Honor

Oliver Hazard Perry Lost His Flagship—Then Captured an Entire British Squadron

George Henry Thomas: The General Grant Nearly Fired Before His Greatest Victory

From Race Car Driver to America’s Ace of Aces | Eddie Rickenbacker

Henry “Hap” Arnold: The Five-Star General Who Was Afraid to Fly

Roddie Edmonds: The Medal of Honor Hero Who Saved 200 Jewish POWs

Joshua Chamberlain: The Bayonet Charge That Held Little Round Top

Deborah Sampson: The Secret Soldier of the American Revolution

John W. Ripley: The Marine Who Blew Up a Bridge to Stop North Vietnam’s Tank Invasion

James “Mad Dog” Mattis: The Legendary Marine General From Iraq and Afghanistan to the Pentagon

David Bleak: The Korean War Medic Who Fought an Army to Save His Men

Philip Sheridan: Union Hero, Ruthless Commander, Architect of Conquest

John Stark and the Battle of Bennington That Broke Britain’s Invasion

Lt. Col. James Doolittle: The Pilot Who Launched Bombers at Tokyo From a Carrier

Eric Slover: Shot 4 Times While Flying Commandos to Capture Maduro

H.R. McMaster: 9 Abrams. 23 Minutes. Zero American Casualties.

Jesse Brown Was Trapped—Thomas Hudner Crashed His Own Plane to Save Him

Marcelino Serna: The Forgotten WWI Hero Who Captured 24 German Soldiers Alone

Hal Moore and LZ X-Ray: Vietnam’s First Major Battle

Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War General: The Relentless Campaign That Saved the Union

He Enlisted at 16. Then He Led America’s Military | John Vessey

Anthony Wayne: The General Behind America’s Forgotten Military Revolution

Claire Chennault: The U.S. General Who Built and Led the Legendary Flying Tigers

Stanley McChrystal: The General Who Changed Modern Warfare

Raymond Spruance: The Admiral Who Won Midway and Broke Japan’s Navy

Daniel Inouye: The Medal of Honor Hero Who Fought With One Arm in WWII and Became a U.S. Senator

Carl Brashear: The Navy Tried to Stop Him—Then He Became a Legend

Nathanael Greene: The American General Cornwallis Couldn’t Defeat in the Revolutionary War

Matt Urban: The American Officer Wounded 7 Times Who Kept Returning to Battle in WWII

Omar Bradley: The Last Five-Star General Who Led America to Victory

Hugh Thompson Jr.: The U.S. Pilot Who Stopped His Own Army at My Lai in the Vietnam War

Scott O’Grady: The F-16 Pilot Who Vanished Behind Enemy Lines in Bosnia

John J. Pershing: The WWI General Who Built America’s First Modern Army

Staff Sergeant Reckless: The Korean War Horse Who Became a U.S. Marine Legend

William Tecumseh Sherman: The Union General Who Redefined the American Civil War

James Armistead Lafayette: The Spy Who Fooled Britain and Helped Win the Revolution

Frank Luke Jr.: The World War I Fighter Ace Who Scored 18 Victories in 17 Days

Ernest E. Evans: The USS Johnston Commander Who Charged Japan’s Fleet at Samar

Chesty Puller: The Marine They Couldn’t Break

Peter Lemon: One of the Youngest Medal of Honor Recipients of the Vietnam War

California Joe: The Civil War Sharpshooter Called America’s First Sniper

Clinton Romesha: Trapped at the Bottom of Afghanistan’s Deadliest Valley

Why America’s Most Famous Tank Was Named After Creighton Abrams

Douglas MacArthur: The Rise and Fall of an American Legend

Arthur MacArthur Jr.: The Boy Colonel of the Civil War Who Carried the Union Flag Into Legend

George S. Patton: A Brilliant Commander. An Explosive Temper.

Thomas P. Payne: The Delta Force Operator Who Stormed an ISIS Prison to Save 70 Hostages

Robert L. Howard: The Toughest Green Beret of MACV-SOG — Nominated 3 Times for the Medal of Honor

Thomas A. Baker: The American Soldier Who Chose His Final Fight on Saipan

Gary Gordon & Randy Shughart: The Delta Force Snipers Behind the Black Hawk Down Last Stand

John Paul Jones: Britain Demanded His Surrender—He Captured Their Warship Instead

Matthew Ridgway: The U.S. General Who Turned the Korean War Around When America Was Losing

Alwyn Cashe: The U.S. Soldier Who Ran Into Fire to Save His Men in Iraq

Theodore Roosevelt Jr.: The 56-Year-Old General Who Landed on D-Day With a Cane