One unit had perhaps the oddest assignment in the US Army: create a fake force, but make it look and sound real.

The 1918 Flu Pandemic peaked the same month as World War I ended, and contributed to the instability around the world in the following decades. It also inspired a search for causes and cures that contributed to medical innovation in World War II, and technologies we still use today.

There’s an old saying that necessity is the mother of invention. That sentiment was definitely the case during World War II, a massive global conflict that presented the United States with a variety of tactical and logistical challenges. At every turn Americans seemed to need more of everything—more supplies, bigger bombs, faster airplanes, better medical treatments, and more precise communications.

The Executive Director of the 45th Infantry Division Museum in Oklahoma City shares insights about Native Americans in the “Thunderbird Division.”

The Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO) in the European Theater was one of America’s bloodiest campaigns.