Kevin Seabrooke

Washington, D.C., United States

Contributoring Writer at Warfare History Network

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Valor in the Valley of Death

Jan 13, 2025 | warfarehistorynetwork.com | Kevin Seabrooke

By Kevin SeabrookeFor about half an hour artillery and rockets fired from UH-1B helicopters from the Aerial Rocket Artillery battalion had pounded an area in Vietnam’s Central Highlands between Chu Pong, the 1,000-foot massif straddling the border with Cambodia, and the Ia Drang River. The short bombardment was intended to soften up potential resistance without giving the enemy time to prepare. Out of seven potential landing zones (LZs), Lt. Col.
The Tirailleurs Sénégalais

Jan 13, 2025 | warfarehistorynetwork.com | Kevin Seabrooke

By Kevin SeabrookeThe German capture of Fort Douaumont overlooking Verdun was a major blow to French morale in February of 1916. Situated on the River Meuse in the northeast near the German border, it had been the last stronghold to fall in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War and was considered a sacred symbol of healing for the people of France.
Captain Lewis L. Millett and the ferocious ‘Battle of Bayonet Hill’ in South Korea.

Aug 20, 2024 | warfarehistorynetwork.com | Kevin Seabrooke

By Kevin SeabrookeIn the dead of winter at the base of a hill just 20 kilometers south of Seoul, Korea, Easy Company’s 1st platoon found themselves pinned down by a continuous stream of small arms, automatic, and antitank fire coming from above. Two platoons under U.S. Army Captain Lewis L. Millett had been leading the way, riding north on tanks near Anyang when movement was spotted atop a nearby hill. Ordering the tanks off the road, Millett got his men deployed along the dike of a rice paddy.
Known as ‘Black Death,’ Henry Johnson finally earns U.S. recognition for valor.

May 17, 2024 | warfarehistorynetwork.com | Kevin Seabrooke

By Kevin SeabrookeIn the early hours of May 15, 1917, U.S. Army Corporal Henry Johnson and Private Needham Roberts sat in an outpost along the French lines at the western edge of the Argonne Forest. German snipers had fired at them when they’d first come on sentry duty for the midnight-to-four a.m. shift, prompting the men to line up a box of grenades in case of an attack.
World War II’s “Ghost Army” Awarded Congressional Gold Medals

Mar 22, 2024 | warfarehistorynetwork.com | Kevin Seabrooke |Carl Gnam

By Kevin SeabrookeMore than 80 years after they conducted visual, sonic and radio deception against German forces during World War II, soldiers who served in the so-called “Ghost Army” received the Congressional Gold Medal on Thursday, March 20, 2024.
The Big Red One on D-Day

Feb 19, 2024 | warfarehistorynetwork.com | Kevin Seabrooke

By Kevin SeabrookeIn celebration and commemoration of the courageous actions of the “The Big Red One” during the Allied Invasion of Normandy, the First Division Museum at Cantigny has unveiled two interpretive murals and a companion book outlining both the story of First Division on D-Day and the making of the murals by artist Keith Rocco.
Mariya Vasilyevna Oktyabrskaya and the T-34 medium tank ‘Fighting Girlfriend.’

Jan 28, 2024 | warfarehistorynetwork.com | Kevin Seabrooke

By Kevin SeabrookeMariya Oktyabrskaya was a Soviet Ukrainian tank driver and mechanic who fought on the Eastern Front against Nazi Germany during World War II. Her courage and devotion to the Russian war effort would make her the first female tanker to be named as a “Hero of the Soviet Union,” the U.S.S.R.’s highest military honor for bravery in combat. She was also awarded the Order of Lenin.
Continental Army Captain Nathan Hale

Nov 27, 2023 | warfarehistorynetwork.com | Kevin Seabrooke

By Kevin SeabrookeOn the night of September 16, 1776, young Nathan Hale, a captain in the Continental Army, set out across Long Island Sound from his native Connecticut on the armed sloop Schuyler. The former school master was to land at Huntington Bay, Long Island, and walk some 50 miles to British-occupied Brooklyn to gather information on troop movements.
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, the Woman who Received the Medal of Honor

Oct 19, 2023 | warfarehistorynetwork.com | Kevin Seabrooke

By Kevin SeabrookeBorn to progressive parents in Oswego, New York, Mary Edwards Walker and her six siblings were raised as “Free Thinkers” and taught to question everything. A non-conformist, Walkerobjected to traditional women’s clothing, arguing they were uncomfortable, inhibited mobility, and spread dust and dirt. She would wear trousers and jackets—her Medal of Honor pinned to it—throughout most of her life.
Navy Cross in Vietnam

Aug 29, 2023 | warfarehistorynetwork.com | Kevin Seabrooke

By Kevin SeabrookeAs darkness fell along the upper Saigon River in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, one of two River Patrol boats of the U.S. Navy’s “Operation Game Warden” River Patrol Force cut its engines and nosed up to the riverbank. Three figures leapt from the boat and disappeared into the thick jungle. The second boat continued ahead, then did the same and three more figures disappeared.