/tags/military-history Military History en-US Copyright Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:09:58 GMT /military/2023-12-22/highlighting-legacy-army-first-all-black-world-war-ii-paratrooper-unit Over 80 years ago, Walter Morris created the 555th Airborne Platoon, also known as the “Triple Nickles.” There is an exhibit about them at a museum on Fort Liberty - formerly known as Fort Bragg. There’s another exhibit at a Fayetteville Museum that will soon serve as one of 50 markers on the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:09:58 GMT /military/2023-12-22/highlighting-legacy-army-first-all-black-world-war-ii-paratrooper-unit Sharryse Piggott /military/2021-10-13/77-years-world-war-ii-soldier-home-robeson-county-ww2-dna-wright The remains of 1st Lt. James “Dick” Wright, the hero who vanished during World War II, were finally returned to his tiny Robeson County hometown this week. Wed, 13 Oct 2021 11:23:21 GMT /military/2021-10-13/77-years-world-war-ii-soldier-home-robeson-county-ww2-dna-wright Jay Price /military/2020-02-05/killer-high-examining-the-centuries-old-relationship-between-drugs-and-war Warfare has been part of human existence since the beginning — and so have mind-altering substances. Drugs have funded wars, fueled soldiers on the… Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:17:42 GMT /military/2020-02-05/killer-high-examining-the-centuries-old-relationship-between-drugs-and-war Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-02-05/killer-high-examining-the-centuries-old-relationship-between-drugs-and-war Warfare has been part of human existence since the beginning — and so have mind-altering substances. Drugs have funded wars, fueled soldiers on the… Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:17:42 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-02-05/killer-high-examining-the-centuries-old-relationship-between-drugs-and-war Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio