Chronicles -

Antietam: The Day the War Learned Its Cost

I have stood on many fields where men learned, too late, that courage does not soften arithmetic. Antietam was one […]

The night clung to the hull like soot. Inside the T-34, the air was thick with old smoke and men’s

Awakening I woke to the sound of boots moving past my head. Not marching. Dragging. The sky was the color

Awakenings The first thing he remembered was noise. Not the sharp crack of a rifle or the single heartbeat of

By Friedrich Bargideon The Road from Harfleur The siege had broken us more than it had the French. When we

By Friedrich Bargideon Arrival in Normandy — The Re-Dispatch I woke to the sound of gulls and the salt of

By Friedrich Bargideon Prelude Source: WarHistory.org The earth never forgets where it has been soaked. It keeps the memory of

Chapter 1 “The Genesis of the Witness” Part I — The Harbor and the Wind The wind came down from

By Friedrich BargideonSon of immigrants, keeper of maps, and chronicler of mankind’s most dangerous addiction: war. War is often told

War is not merely the clash of armies—it is the collision of convictions.Nations declare it, generals plan it, but history