Miracle on Ice
David Israel: “Was Basically to See Whether David Had a Shot Against Goliath”

David Israel remembers the experience of watching the Miracle on Ice game from the press box in Lake Placid and also discusses why the Miracle game had such a monumental impact on the American psyche. Continue reading

Battle of Iwo Jima
Letters From Iwo Jima: Private First Class Robert Hall Ayers

Below are exerpts from an e-mail received from the daughter of USMC PFC Robert Hall Ayers who served on Iwo Jima at the time of the invasion of the island in February 1945. "…My dad's unite [sic] was attached to the 5th Amphibious Corps during this assault. He has never … Continue reading