The tradition of volunteerism that gave Tennessee its nickname began on Aug. 17, 1774 — before it was even officially a state — when a group of “Tennesseans” deployed as a militia for the first time. It also marked the beginning of the Tennessee National Guard.
Pvt. George Coe Browning is finally coming home. Nearly 80 years after the Marine went missing in action missing during the bloody invasion of Iwo Jima, Coe will be laid to rest Monday in Englewood’s Brookside Cemetery alongside his mother
Pir Ahmad, Iraq, Dec. 12, 2007: First Lt. Jordan Pagones, 23, of Fishkill, N.Y., looks up from his ambush position as an OH-58 Kiowa scout helicopter arcs overhead during an operation in the village of Pir Ahmad in northern Iraq.
Fifty-six years ago, divided Democrats braved raging street protests against the Vietnam War to hold their 1968 convention in Chicago. The party gathers this week for the Democratic National Convention in the same city with anger simmering over another far-away war, this time in Gaza.
WWII aviators Anthony Di Petta, Wilbur Archie Mitts and Jay Manown Jr. were feared forever lost when their Avenger aircraft was shot down Sept. 10, 1944, in the South Pacific. Thanks to high-tech forensic analysis and recovery efforts, however, two of the heroes are now home—and a third is about to be.
Tokyo, Feb. 5, 1989: Top-seeded Martina Navratilova lunges to make a shot during her match against Lori McNeil in the finals of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament
For almost 20 years, former submariner Kunshiro Kiyozumi had made an annual trip each spring to commemorate his comrades who died near the end of the Pacific War, in suicide attacks using Kaiten “human torpedoes.”
Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, April 17, 2002: A South Korean soldier stands guard at the truce village of Panmunjom, north of Seoul.
The remains of Army Pvt. William E. Calkins, missing in action since the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in World War II, have been accounted for, 81 years after his death in a prisoner of war camp.
Chulmae Range, South Korea, Nov. 27, 2001: Army Pfc. Joshua Turknett, Alfa Battery, 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, stationed at Camp Casey, looks over his live stinger missile prior to going to the Chulmae Range, Korea, during Operation Sea Strike.
When Afghan fighters resisted the Soviet Union’s invasion, one of the well-sung heroes was the 35-pound Stinger, an easily transportable anti-aircraft missile.
The pioneering pilots of the World War II unit now number only three. And as Tuskegee Airmen Inc. gathers for its annual convention, the national nonprofit looks to focus on its mission to cultivate the next generation of Black aviators through hands-on education programs.
Panjshir province, Afghanistan, Nov. 5, 2009: A portrait of the late Northern Alliance commander Ahmed Shah Massoud adorns the entrance to Panjshir province.
The remains of Army Cpl. Edward J. Smith, who was killed during the Korean War, will be interred Aug. 23 at Bethlehem Memorial Park, Bethlehem, Pa. Smith will receive full military honors.
Seoul, South Korea, July 6, 1967: Seoul police arrest a student after renewed rioting and demonstrations broke out at Korean universities. The students were protesting alleged rigging of the June 8th, 1967 parliamentary elections.
A Civil War soldier received military burial honors for the first time over the weekend, thousands of miles from where he served and nearly 94 years after he was laid to rest.
Grace Carr, who started her career with the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, has worked at the same hospital for 80 years.
Combat Outpost Rawah, Iraq, July 21, 2007: Marines of 2nd Platoon, Battery R, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, finish getting their M198 155mm howitzer into position for future fire missions.