When horrific things happen, how a person responds can make a difference in the rest of one's life. In this collection, learn how some individuals triumphed in the face of unspeakable tragedies.
The general who helped the North win the American Civil War was working in his father's leather store (in Galena, Illinois) when the fighting began. S...
The Quack - a prison guard at Ofuna - seemed to take great pleasure in harming Allied prisoners of war.
Ofuna, a place Louis Zamperini came to know well, was a secret interrogation camp where Japanese officials questioned prisoners of war.
The Attica State Correctional Facility, thirty miles east of Buffalo in upstate New York, was an overcrowded place in 1971.
A disaster unfolded at Attica State Prison when officials and inmates clashed during 1971.
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides equal protection under the law. It makes former slaves U.S. citizens and also provides due proces...
The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command contracted with the owners of Blue Marlin, a heavy lift ship, to transport the American guided-missile destro...
The USS Enterprise (CVN 65) was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world.
In this image we see the USS Hornet (CV-8) soon after she was commissioned. She had a special relationship with the Doolittle Raiders.
The USS Hornet (CV-8) had a special cargo aboard during April of 1942. No one knew for sure if that special cargo - a group of airplanes - could actua...
About two months after the USS Maine exploded, in Havana's harbor, the U.S. declared war on Spain. All but one member of the Maine's championship-winn...
On December 12, 1937 Japanese forces in China attacked and sank this American gunship - the USS Panay (PR 5) - while it was anchored in the Yangtze Ri...
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