Claire Barrett

Claire Barrett is a digital media editor at HistoryNet and a World War II researcher with an unparalleled affinity for Sir Winston Churchill and Michigan football.

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Colin Firth to star as MI5 agent in WWII movie ‘Operation Mincemeat’

The movie will premiere in the U.K. in January 2022.

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Graphic series honors Korean War hero who single-handedly stopped a Chinese assault

His men found Red Cloud's body, shot eight times. Enemy bodies littered the area around the outpost.

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This veteran-run company is streamlining the way vets access care

Two vets co-founded a software company to bridge the gap of coordinated care and provide access points to community, healthcare, and other veteran services.

Surviving members of Hitler’s Third Reich speak in chilling new documentary ‘Final Account’

"Final Account" hits theaters May 21.

New WWII series from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks has finally started production

The third WWII installment from Hanks and Spielberg is finally on the way.

Nation’s oldest Medal of Honor recipient dies at 99

Coolidge received the Medal of Honor on June 18, 1945.

Group steals Confederate monument, threatens to turn it into a Porta John

Military personnel have extensive experience when it comes to fashioning items into toilets.

Wreck of USS Johnston discovered 77 years after its sinking at the Battle of Leyte Gulf

Of the 327-man crew, only 141 survived that day.

How a one-armed outfielder became an inspiration to wounded WWII veterans

Gray made his Major League debut in 1945.

National WWI Museum and Memorial now has Great War GIFs for every occasion

Feeling happy? Mad? Sad? The museum’s got a GIF for that.

Once a college football star, this soldier was recognized by his captor on the Bataan Death March

The former Notre Dame running back weighed just 98 pounds after 1,236 days as a prisoner of war.

British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery

The etymology of ‘f*ck’ and the war that popularized it

“If I hear another fcking G.I. say ‘fcking’ once more, I’ll cut my f*cking throat.”

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Here are companies are competing to replace the Bradley

GM Defense shows off updated Infantry Squad Vehicle

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Pilot lost control of wobbling F-22 that spiraled to the ground in secretive crash last year

Air Force scrubbed hijacking claim from news release after CENTCOM disputed story

Shaving waivers disproportionately affect Black airmen, delay promotions

Biden nominates former FAA official Ravi Chaudhary as Air Force installations boss

“The enemy is lurking in our bodies” — women veterans say toxic exposure caused breast cancer

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The movie will premiere in the U.K. in January 2022.

His men found Red Cloud's body, shot eight times. Enemy bodies littered the area around the outpost.

Two vets co-founded a software company to bridge the gap of coordinated care and provide access points to community, healthcare, and other veteran services.

"Final Account" hits theaters May 21.

The third WWII installment from Hanks and Spielberg is finally on the way.

Coolidge received the Medal of Honor on June 18, 1945.

Military personnel have extensive experience when it comes to fashioning items into toilets.

Of the 327-man crew, only 141 survived that day.

Gray made his Major League debut in 1945.

Feeling happy? Mad? Sad? The museum’s got a GIF for that.

The former Notre Dame running back weighed just 98 pounds after 1,236 days as a prisoner of war.

“If I hear another f*cking G.I. say ‘f*cking’ once more, I’ll cut my f*cking throat.”

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“If I hear another fcking G.I. say ‘fcking’ once more, I’ll cut my f*cking throat.”