Claire Barrett
Claire Barrett is an editor and military history correspondent for Military Times. She is also a World War II researcher with an unparalleled affinity for Sir Winston Churchill and Michigan football.
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The Medal of Honor recipient who became a ‘One-Man Regiment of Iwo Jima’
Pinned down and with casualties mounting, Pvt. Wilson Watson took matters into his own hands to savagely take out enemy entrenchments.
‘Hidden Figure’ Gladys West, GPS pioneer and Navy civilian, dies at 95
West’s genius secured her a position in 1956 at the Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, then called Naval Proving Ground, where she worked for over 40 years.
Gunner killed off Guadalcanal accounted for after 82 years
It has been 82 years since Staff Sgt. Nicholas J. Governale crashed into the sea off the coast of Guadalcanal. Now, the gunner is coming home.
WWII Memorial in Washington closed for five months
According to NPS, the closure is set to address “aging infrastructure, improve reliability, and enhance the appearance of the memorial.”
The storied ship that almost sank — with the Unknown Soldier on it
Lashed to the bow of the USS Olympia, the Unknown Soldier and his detachment of Marines battled a storm that threatened to sink them.
This gunner is the only sailor buried at sea — inside his plane
Loyce Edward Deen survived the battle of Leyte Gulf only to be cut down in a mop-up effort a week later.
Monroe to Donroe: A ‘dead’ doctrine’s revival for current operations
Barack Obama declared the Monroe doctrine "dead." Under Trump, it finds new life.
How wine and champagne helped to defeat the Nazis
In France during World War II, German alcohol shipments helped to provide crucial intelligence for the Allies.
How the Continental Army became the lords of Spanktown
Spanktown, name thusly after an early settler publicly took his spouse across his knee and chastised her, was to play an important role in the Forage Wars.
Ham, turkey and cigars? A look at Christmas festivities during WWII
It's not too late to put Snowflake potatoes on one's Christmas day menu.
