James Jay Carafano is a retired Army officer and senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation. He is the author of GI Ingenuity: Improvisation, Technology, and Winning World War II.
Our Spring 2013 issue highlights stories you might not know
about the military. We'll debunk common military myths and explore
little-known tales of heroism, while finding the stories behind
some of the military's most prominent traditions.
Army Sergeant Zach Smola, rear door gunner on a CH-47, keeps watch last week on the mountains in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Army photo by Sergeant Jessi Ann McCormick