On the corner of Oak and Washington Streets sits a brick marker that is easy to overlook. Dedicated in March 2001, it honors ...

For Women’s History Month, The National Interest is commencing a multi-part series honoring some of history’s most badass ...

Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...

Sadly, the community of surviving aces has dwindled ever further, as we learned from a January 7, 2025, article by Jon Guttman of Military Times titled “Perry Dahl, one of the last living WWII ...

B. “Duke” Hedman. Which is a crying shame, as he was actually the first American air ace of WWII, as well as a member of the legendary American Volunteer Group (AVG), better known as the ...

Anderson was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2008, received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2015 (along with the other World War II aces) and a promotion to brigadier general ...

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HUNTERS IN THE SKY is the most comprehensive film documentary series ever produced on the fighter aces of World War Two. Surviving fighter aces from all sides in the conflict -- British ...

Pilot John Leppla, right, was a WWII Navy ace, credited with shooting ... Sources consulted for this report include “Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II” by Ikuhiko Hata ...