The first 29 Navajo recruits arrived for Marine training in May 1942, building a secure communications system from their language. The military depended on Indigenous linguistic knowledge even as...
Allied troops landed on Guadalcanal, beginning a six-month campaign against Japanese forces. Solomon Islanders served as guides, coastwatchers, laborers, and rescuers, often at great personal risk....
After fighting that began during Tết, government and U.S. forces regained control of Huế. The battle damaged neighborhoods and cultural sites and caused mass displacement. Accounts of civilian...
The 1st Cavalry Division linked up with Marines after months of siege and air supply. The corridor ended the encirclement, but did not erase the costs of the battle to nearby communities or settle the...