This weekend, Americans set aside a day to honor the memory of those who sacrificed their lives in defense of their country: Memorial Day. The federal holiday only became official in 1968, but this national day of remembrance traces its origins to over 160 years ago, to the Civil War, when a grieving country sought to honor the many brave …
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FIRST ON FOX: A World War II hero from backwoods Georgia inspires Americans today even from the grave. The story of U.S. Army PFC Ervin O. Jones is worthy of a song. Craig Gleason, a Georgia songwriter, penned “The Ballad of Ervin O. Jones” in 2014, after he and his daughter came across the soldier’s headstone in a churchyard cemetery …
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The U.S. Air Force released new pictures of its B-21 Raider, a nuclear-armed stealth bomber currently going through testing. The new photos show the B-21 conducting tests, including flight tests and taxiing, as well as a rarely seen full-frontal view of the new aircraft stored under a hangar at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The aircraft, which is set to …
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This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). FIRST ON FOX: Michael Cohen, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, has not slept in a week. At night, the 54-year-old former law enforcement specialist is tortured by “horrendous memories” from his …
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Our new grandson, Henry Joseph Hernandez, made his appearance in the world several months ago. He is named Henry, after his great-grandfather, and Joseph for his grandfather, my husband Joe. There are so many things we want little Henry to learn: love for his family, his friends, and his community; love for his country; what honor means; perseverance in times …
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The Pacific, 1942: They were young men, a year removed from their stateside fraternity houses and university lecture halls. Charles “Red” Kendrick spent his 16th birthday in the shadow of Stanford’s Hoover Tower, a child prodigy fluent in seven languages. Before he moved on to Harvard, he pledged Sigma Nu. Delta Tau at Miami University counted lean-faced Yale Kaufman among …
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Fleet Week is back in the Big Apple. Members of the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps have made their annual entry into New York City for a week of fanfare and fun leading up to Memorial Day. A Fleet Week tradition — the U.S. Navy dive tank — returned once again to the heart of NYC’s Times Square. …
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The staggering sacrifices of U.S. troops in overseas conflicts are not forgotten by younger generations in Europe. Ask the people of the Netherlands. Look at the Faces of Margraten. “My relatives and ancestors suffered a lot during World War II and they were so grateful for their liberation,” Sebastiaan Vonk, a 31-year-old Dutch chair of Fields of Honor, told Fox …
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“The Blue Angels,” the new documentary on the iconic aviation stunt team, was made so that America and the world can see the team’s “exceptionalism” and maybe even inspire people to join the U.S. Navy, filmmaker Paul Crowder and retired Navy Capt. Greg Wooldridge said. The men spoke to Fox News Digital in a recent interview about the greatness of …
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In late May 1965, Coca-Cola contacted Charles Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip, and commissioned him to create an animated Christmas special that the soft drink company would sponsor. With just six months to produce the television program, the cartoonist immediately called a meeting with his producer, Lee Mendelson, and with the show’s director, Bill Melendez. The three …
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