Ghosts of the Battlefield Articles

Apple or Blueberry: A Slice of Home on the Front Lines

Blueberry or apple, pie isn’t just dessert—it’s a symbol of home and the American spirit. For soldiers far from home, it represents what they’re fighting for and what they miss most.

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The Rhino Ferry and the Mulberry Harbors — The Floating Lifeline of D-Day

The Rhino Ferry and Mulberry Harbors were vital to D-Day, enabling the rapid delivery of troops and supplies. These floating war machines kept the Allied invasion moving toward victory.

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From Warships to Reefs: The Environmental Legacy of Decommissioned Battleships

Not all war machines rust away—some bloom beneath the sea.

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Voices Through the Wire: The Evolution of U.S. Field Telephones in War

“In war, the line matters. And sometimes, that line is made of copper wire.” Across three decades and three wars, the field telephone changed in form but not in function: to carry the voice of command safely across a chaotic battlefield.

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MIKE Force: The Spearpoint of Unconventional War in Vietnam

They were the shadow reinforcements—the warriors who arrived when no one else could. Trained to strike fast, fight hard, and vanish into the jungle, MIKE Force was the spearpoint of Special Forces in Vietnam.

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"This Will Be Our Year": A Widow's Hope, a Sinking Ship, and a Heartbreaking Mistake

A wife's hopeful postcard to her POW husband was returned a year later—he'd died in a tragic friendly fire incident when a Japanese ship carrying unmarked POWs was sunk. She was mistakenly told he survived. Her grief came in silence, twice.

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The Sky Warriors of “Guns-A-Go-Go”: A Tribute to the Fallen Crew of AH-47 66-13152

Eyewitnesses reported seeing an object fall from the aircraft’s side just moments before it pitched violently upward, its front rotor rising to meet the rear.