How Did Dog Tags Get Their Name In The Military? (And Are They Still Used?)
Dog tags are an essential piece of military equipment to identify fallen servicemembers. Here's a brief history of their implementation.
Learn a few laundry secrets from the baseball pros — the clubhouse staffers who wash MLB uniforms
From the pinstripes of New York to the Dodger blues of Los Angeles, there is a strong connection among the clubhouse staffers ...
How the Superman ‘S’ became fashion’s favorite logo
Over the years the red yellow and blue supersuit has gained an unlikely fashion following, beloved by everyone from Jeremy ...
Looted Leather and WWII Tires: How Doc Martens Came to Be
In 1945, while recovering from an ankle injury he got while skiing in Bavaria, Doctor Maertens discovered that a new use for ...
Nose Art: A Brief History Of The Personalized Painted Planes Of WW2
From Looney Toons characters to shark teeth to pinup models, nose art on aircraft has a storied history in air forces around ...
These national park trails were created by America’s first Black soldiers
Follow in the footsteps of the Buffalo Soldiers, who guarded parks and created trails in Yosemite, Sequoia, and Hawai’i ...
Learn how these Mainers changed U.S. military history as Tuskegee Airmen in WWII
In 1941, the formation of the first group of Black military pilots and mechanics was underway in Tuskegee, Alabama where ...