Glistening snow, reindeer paws, Grandma's house, and ... the battlefield? Christmas music usually evokes warm memories, wishes for peace and the joy of the season. Yet many of our favorite holiday ...

War, like love, has long inspired artists and musicians. That is especially true of the songs written in response to the Vietnam War during the countercultural movements of the 1960s and ’70s. The ...

The three sons of Milton and Fleeta Holcombe; Russell, Lester, and Forrest, who were serving in the Army Air Corps during World War II, kept in touch with their family back home. In the fall of 1944, ...

For the last year I have had the distinct honor of serving our state as the Poet Laureate of Wisconsin. Officially, my job is to “act as a statewide emissary” for my craft, an artform that many of the ...

Dan Shannon of Anderson Township has created a national contest to find the best poem about America. Poet Thomas Buchanan Read wrote the famous Civil War poem “Sheridan’s Ride” in Cincinnati, first ...

Editor's note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War. War, ...