Frank A. Blazich Jr.

An artifact in the National Museum of American History tells the intriguing tale of a U.S. Navy connection to, of all things, the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Armed with a magnetic influence exploder, a single torpedo could destroy a single target.

Sicily, “bane of amphibious landings since the days of Thucydides,” posed a hurdle for the Allies in 1943, and from the challenge arose a game-changer: the pontoon causeway.

Within the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History's collection is a series of shoulder strap insignia once worn by Admiral George Dewey.

From Midway to Okinawa, Radarman Clarence Tibado served on board the cruiser Pensacola in one Pacific battle after another, capturing the action in a series of vividly rendered paintings.