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https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bomb-bat-header-5.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bomb-bat-header-5.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bomb-bat-header-5.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bomb-bat-header-5.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bomb-bat-header-5.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bomb-bat-header-5.jpg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bomb-bat-header-5.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bomb-bat-header-5.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bomb-bat-header-5.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bomb-bat-header-5.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bomb-bat-header-5.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bomb-bat-header-5.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bomb-bat-header-5.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bomb-bat-header-5.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bomb-bat-header-5.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bomb-bat-header-5.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bomb-bat-header-5.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" alt="Dr. Lytle S. Adams, a dental surgeon, concoted a weapon to compete with the atomic bomb." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/bat-bombs-burned-base/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> That time the US military burned down one of its own bases with a ‘bat bomb’ </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">That time the US military burned down one of its own bases with a ‘bat bomb’</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/joshua-skovlund/">Joshua Skovlund</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-12-20T13:22:14-05:00"> Dec 20 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/vietnam-war-v40-mini-grenade/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg 4800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=2048&h=1152 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/grenade-header.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" alt="Capt. Rick Woolard, a Navy SEAL commander, used V40 mini-grenades during his three deployments to Vietnam." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/vietnam-war-v40-mini-grenade/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> These tiny, Vietnam-era mini-grenades were known as ‘Hooch Poppers’ </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">These tiny, Vietnam-era mini-grenades were known as ‘Hooch Poppers’</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/joshua-skovlund/">Joshua Skovlund</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-12-19T16:32:22-05:00"> Dec 19 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/one-pilot-drops-two-planes-bombs/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Craig-Andrle-F-16-2-e1734499212417.jpg?quality=85&w=843" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Craig-Andrle-F-16-2-e1734499212417.jpg 6108w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Craig-Andrle-F-16-2-e1734499212417.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px" loading="lazy" alt="Lt. Col. Craig Andrle, 79th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron commander, taxis after a combat sortie March 20, 2017 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The 79th EFS provides counterterrorism to support a successful train, advise, assist mission in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katherine Spessa)" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/one-pilot-drops-two-planes-bombs/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> To save a team of Rangers under fire, this pilot dropped every bomb from two different F-16s </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">To save a team of Rangers under fire, this pilot dropped every bomb from two different F-16s</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/matt-white/">Matt White</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-12-18T10:48:05-05:00"> Dec 18 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/battle-of-the-bulge-80th-anniversary/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg 4039w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=2048&h=1152 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2189247059.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="A World War II reenactor marches through the Ardennes Forest on Dec. 14, 2024." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/battle-of-the-bulge-80th-anniversary/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> Soldiers, reenactors, mark 80 years since the Battle of the Bulge </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Soldiers, reenactors, mark 80 years since the Battle of the Bulge</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/nicholas-slayton/">Nicholas Slayton</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-12-15T16:40:41-05:00"> Dec 15 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/football-medal-honor/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg 4800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=2048&h=1152 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Army-Navy-MOH-header-2.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="Eleven officers from the Naval Academy and Military Academy, West Point have played football for their respective teams and earned the Medal of Honor." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/football-medal-honor/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> Here are the Army-Navy football game players who later earned the Medal of Honor </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Here are the Army-Navy football game players who later earned the Medal of Honor</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/joshua-skovlund/">Joshua Skovlund</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-12-11T12:25:42-05:00"> Dec 11 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/wwi-indigenous-veterans-medal-honor/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg 4800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=2048&h=1152 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WWI-native-american-soldiers-header-4.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="Sgt. Joseph Peter LaJennessee and Pfc. Amado Garcia, both WWI Native American soldiers who were denied Medal of Honors because of their race and ethnicity." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/wwi-indigenous-veterans-medal-honor/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> World War I Native American soldiers could be in line for Medals of Honor </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">World War I Native American soldiers could be in line for Medals of Honor</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/joshua-skovlund/">Joshua Skovlund</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-12-10T07:30:00-05:00"> Dec 10 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/pearl-harbor-sailor-auld-identified/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg 3134w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=2048&h=1152 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/USSOklahomawreck.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="Men stand on the damaged wreck of a warship." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/pearl-harbor-sailor-auld-identified/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified, laid to rest </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified, laid to rest</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/nicholas-slayton/">Nicholas Slayton</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-12-07T18:21:56-05:00"> Dec 7 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/first-last-medal-honor-wwii/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg 4800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=2048&h=1152 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MOH-WWII-header.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="WWII Medal of Honor recipients John Finn and Melvin Mayfield." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/first-last-medal-honor-wwii/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> The first and last Medals of Honor of World War II </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">The first and last Medals of Honor of World War II</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/joshua-skovlund/">Joshua Skovlund</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-12-06T08:41:55-05:00"> Dec 6 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/us-military-balloon-exploration/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg 3573w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=2048&h=1152 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Hawthorne_Gray_world_record_attempt.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="Hawthorne Gray suiting up for a balloon flight, a crew helping him get into his gear." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/us-military-balloon-exploration/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> Before the space race, the US military raced balloons to the stratosphere </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Before the space race, the US military raced balloons to the stratosphere</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/nicholas-slayton/">Nicholas Slayton</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-12-02T08:00:00-05:00"> Dec 2 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/marine-korean-war-moh/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg 4800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=2048&h=1152 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Pvt.-Hector-Cafferata-header-4.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="Pvt. Hector Cafferata, a Medal of Honor recipient." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/marine-korean-war-moh/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> This Marine batted away a dozen grenades with an E-tool in Korean War battle </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">This Marine batted away a dozen grenades with an E-tool in Korean War battle</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/joshua-skovlund/">Joshua Skovlund</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-11-29T07:30:00-05:00"> Nov 29 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/project-recover-missing-servicemembers/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PR-crash-site.jpeg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PR-crash-site.jpeg 1200w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PR-crash-site.jpeg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PR-crash-site.jpeg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PR-crash-site.jpeg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PR-crash-site.jpeg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PR-crash-site.jpeg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PR-crash-site.jpeg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PR-crash-site.jpeg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PR-crash-site.jpeg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PR-crash-site.jpeg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PR-crash-site.jpeg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PR-crash-site.jpeg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PR-crash-site.jpeg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="Archaeologists use measuring tapes and underwater cameras to record and document a WWII aircraft site in Papua New Guinea. Photo: Project Recover — Project Recover is a collaborative effort to enlist 21st-century science and technology in a quest to find and repatriate World War II MIAs to bring recognition to the service member, closure for their families, and to help a grateful Nation keep its sacred promise to bring our MIAs home. As a result of Project Recover’s missions, there are 84 MIAs awaiting recovery at this time (January 2020). Since 1993, Project Recover (formerly The BentProp Project) has located 30+ downed World War II US aircraft associated with scores of MIA service members." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/project-recover-missing-servicemembers/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> Meet the team helping recover missing U.S. troops from deep underwater </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Meet the team helping recover missing U.S. troops from deep underwater</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/patty-nieberg/">Patty Nieberg</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-11-20T11:24:47-05:00"> Nov 20 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/nekoma-pyramid-north-dakota/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg 3200w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=2048&h=1152 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/North-Dakota-Army-pyramid.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="The Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex in North Dakota." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/culture/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">Culture</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/nekoma-pyramid-north-dakota/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> The Army built a giant concrete pyramid in North Dakota and only used it for six months </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">The Army built a giant concrete pyramid in North Dakota and only used it for six months</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/joshua-skovlund/">Joshua Skovlund</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-11-20T07:00:00-05:00"> Nov 20 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/uss-edsall-found-ww2/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-Edsall.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="The USS Edsall floating on the water off of California." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/uss-edsall-found-ww2/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> World War II destroyer USS Edsall found after 82 years </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">World War II destroyer USS Edsall found after 82 years</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/nicholas-slayton/">Nicholas Slayton</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-11-17T18:56:40-05:00"> Nov 17 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/air-force-moon-project-a119/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg?quality=85&w=682" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg 1296w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg?w=768&h=507 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg?w=682&h=450 682w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg?w=303&h=200 303w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg?w=1000&h=660 1000w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg?w=606&h=400 606w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg?w=1267&h=836 1267w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg?w=1046&h=690 1046w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg?w=327&h=216 327w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg?w=612&h=404 612w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg?w=1140&h=752 1140w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg?w=1052&h=694 1052w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg?w=280&h=185 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg?w=289&h=191 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg?w=370&h=244 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg?w=308&h=203 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/08/william-anders-earthrise.jpg?w=50&h=33 50w" sizes="(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px" loading="lazy" alt="William Anders' "Earthrise." (photo courtesy NASA)" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/air-force-moon-project-a119/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> The Air Force once almost nuked the Moon </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">The Air Force once almost nuked the Moon</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/nicholas-slayton/">Nicholas Slayton</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-11-10T07:11:00-05:00"> Nov 10 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-uss-john-basilone-marine/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-John-Basilone-3.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-John-Basilone-3.jpg 1250w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-John-Basilone-3.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-John-Basilone-3.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-John-Basilone-3.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-John-Basilone-3.jpg?w=1174&h=660 1174w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-John-Basilone-3.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-John-Basilone-3.jpg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-John-Basilone-3.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-John-Basilone-3.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-John-Basilone-3.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-John-Basilone-3.jpg?w=280&h=157 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-John-Basilone-3.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-John-Basilone-3.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-John-Basilone-3.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/USS-John-Basilone-3.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="The destroyer the USS John Basilone sails through the waters around New York, wit the Statue of Liberty behind it." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/news/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">News</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-uss-john-basilone-marine/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> Navy destroyer commissioned in honor of legendary Marine John Basilone </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Navy destroyer commissioned in honor of legendary Marine John Basilone</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/nicholas-slayton/">Nicholas Slayton</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-11-09T16:02:12-05:00"> Nov 9 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/medal-of-honor-william-swenson/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-center" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg 4800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=2048&h=1152 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=1227&h=690 1227w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/swenson-header.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="Capt. William Swenson loading his wounded teammate on Sept. 8, 2009. Swenson later receiving the Medal of honor on Oct. 16, 2013." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/medal-of-honor-william-swenson/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> An enemy commander told him to surrender. This Army captain threw a grenade instead. </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">An enemy commander told him to surrender. 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helicopter takes aboard a casualty during operations in the jungle." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/medevac-vietnam-war-congressional-gold-medal/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> Forefathers of modern MEDEVAC crews flew through hell for their soldiers in Vietnam </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Forefathers of modern MEDEVAC crews flew through hell for their soldiers in Vietnam</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm 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sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="Waverly Woodson, Jr." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/news/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">News</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/black-army-medic-awarded-distinguished-service-cross/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> Black Army medic who saved hundreds on D-Day awarded Distinguished Service Cross </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Black Army medic who saved hundreds on D-Day awarded Distinguished Service Cross</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/joshua-skovlund/">Joshua Skovlund</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-09-24T14:53:04-04:00"> Sep 24 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/bill-pregnancy-veterans-compensation/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post object-top" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1194392.jpg?quality=85&w=600" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1194392.jpg 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1194392.jpg?w=768&h=576 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1194392.jpg?w=600&h=450 600w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1194392.jpg?w=267&h=200 267w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1194392.jpg?w=533&h=400 533w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1194392.jpg?w=288&h=216 288w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1194392.jpg?w=539&h=404 539w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1194392.jpg?w=280&h=210 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1194392.jpg?w=289&h=217 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1194392.jpg?w=370&h=278 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1194392.jpg?w=308&h=231 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1194392.jpg?w=50&h=38 50w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" loading="lazy" alt="Female Marines perform their duties as traffic controllers during the Korean War. 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class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/patty-nieberg/">Patty Nieberg</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-09-24T06:00:00-04:00"> Sep 24 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/navy-fighter-jet-f11-tiger-shot-itself/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post" 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https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Market-Garden-2024.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Market-Garden-2024.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Market-Garden-2024.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Market-Garden-2024.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="Several paratroopers jump out of an Air Force C-130H over Arnhem, the Netherlands." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/market-garden-world-war-ii-anniversary/" > <h3 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srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Battle-sled_WW2_US_Army2.jpg 500w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Battle-sled_WW2_US_Army2.jpg?w=356&h=200 356w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Battle-sled_WW2_US_Army2.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Battle-sled_WW2_US_Army2.jpg?w=280&h=157 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Battle-sled_WW2_US_Army2.jpg?w=289&h=162 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Battle-sled_WW2_US_Army2.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Battle-sled_WW2_US_Army2.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Battle-sled_WW2_US_Army2.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" loading="lazy" alt="The US Army once used ‘battle sleds’ to ferry soldiers in World War II" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div 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https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/army-alaska-1.jpeg?w=951&h=752 951w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/army-alaska-1.jpeg?w=878&h=694 878w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/army-alaska-1.jpeg?w=280&h=221 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/army-alaska-1.jpeg?w=1440&h=1138 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/army-alaska-1.jpeg?w=289&h=228 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/army-alaska-1.jpeg?w=370&h=292 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/army-alaska-1.jpeg?w=308&h=243 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/army-alaska-1.jpeg?w=50&h=40 50w" sizes="(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px" loading="lazy" alt="Bill would honor vets of Bataan and other early WWII battles" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a 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https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/kin-3.jpg?w=722&h=404 722w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/kin-3.jpg?w=1597&h=894 1597w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/kin-3.jpg?w=1343&h=752 1343w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/kin-3.jpg?w=1240&h=694 1240w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/kin-3.jpg?w=280&h=157 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/kin-3.jpg?w=1440&h=806 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/kin-3.jpg?w=289&h=162 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/kin-3.jpg?w=370&h=207 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/kin-3.jpg?w=308&h=172 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/kin-3.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px" loading="lazy" alt="cybertruck b-24 world war II tribute" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div 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class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/patty-nieberg/">Patty Nieberg</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-08-09T18:22:43-04:00"> Aug 9 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/paul-bucha-medal-of-honor/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?quality=85&w=804" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg 1929w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=768&h=430 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=1536&h=860 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=804&h=450 804w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=357&h=200 357w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=1179&h=660 1179w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=714&h=400 714w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=1493&h=836 1493w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=1232&h=690 1232w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=386&h=216 386w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=722&h=404 722w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=1597&h=894 1597w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=1343&h=752 1343w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=1240&h=694 1240w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=280&h=157 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=1440&h=806 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=289&h=162 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=370&h=207 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=308&h=172 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/MOH-Bucha.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px" loading="lazy" alt="Paul Bucha, Medal of Honor recipient in fierce jungle battle, dies at 80" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/paul-bucha-medal-of-honor/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> Paul Bucha, Medal of Honor recipient in fierce jungle battle, dies at 80 </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Paul Bucha, Medal of Honor recipient in fierce jungle battle, dies at 80</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-08-02T18:59:20-04:00"> Aug 2 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/pentagon-report-suicide-enlisted/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?quality=85&w=675" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg 5040w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=768&h=512 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=1536&h=1024 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=2048&h=1365 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=675&h=450 675w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=300&h=200 300w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=990&h=660 990w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=1254&h=836 1254w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=1035&h=690 1035w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=324&h=216 324w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=606&h=404 606w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=1341&h=894 1341w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=1128&h=752 1128w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=1041&h=694 1041w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=280&h=187 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=1440&h=960 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=289&h=193 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=370&h=247 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=308&h=205 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/6660511.jpg?w=50&h=33 50w" sizes="(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px" loading="lazy" alt="Florida National Guardsmen of the 2nd Battalion, 116th Field Artillery Regiment, fire a round from an M777 Howitzer, May 23, 2021, at Eugen Kvaternik Military Training Area in Slunj, Croatia. DEFENDER-Europe 21 is a large-scale U.S. Army-led exercise designed to build readiness and interoperability between the U.S., NATO allies and partner militaries. This year, more than 28,000 multinational forces from 26 nations will conduct nearly simultaneous operations across more than 30 training areas in more than a dozen countries from the Baltics to the strategically important Balkans and Black Sea Region. Follow the latest news and information about DEFENDER-Europe 21, visit www.EuropeAfrica.army.mil/DefenderEurope. (By Sgt. Joshua Oh)" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/pentagon-report-suicide-enlisted/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> Artillery, infantry and all enlisted troops face higher risks of suicide </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Artillery, infantry and all enlisted troops face higher risks of suicide</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary 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https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/William-Calley-e1722375971159.jpg?w=768&h=669 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/William-Calley-e1722375971159.jpg?w=517&h=450 517w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/William-Calley-e1722375971159.jpg?w=230&h=200 230w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/William-Calley-e1722375971159.jpg?w=758&h=660 758w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/William-Calley-e1722375971159.jpg?w=460&h=400 460w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/William-Calley-e1722375971159.jpg?w=960&h=836 960w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/William-Calley-e1722375971159.jpg?w=793&h=690 793w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/William-Calley-e1722375971159.jpg?w=248&h=216 248w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/William-Calley-e1722375971159.jpg?w=464&h=404 464w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/William-Calley-e1722375971159.jpg?w=1027&h=894 1027w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/William-Calley-e1722375971159.jpg?w=864&h=752 864w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/William-Calley-e1722375971159.jpg?w=797&h=694 797w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/William-Calley-e1722375971159.jpg?w=280&h=244 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/William-Calley-e1722375971159.jpg?w=289&h=252 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/William-Calley-e1722375971159.jpg?w=370&h=322 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/William-Calley-e1722375971159.jpg?w=308&h=268 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/William-Calley-e1722375971159.jpg?w=50&h=44 50w" sizes="(max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px" loading="lazy" alt="William Calley" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div 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2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=768&h=512 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=1536&h=1024 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=675&h=450 675w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=300&h=200 300w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=990&h=660 990w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=1254&h=836 1254w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=1035&h=690 1035w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=324&h=216 324w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=606&h=404 606w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=1341&h=894 1341w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=1128&h=752 1128w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=1041&h=694 1041w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=280&h=187 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=1440&h=960 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=289&h=193 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=370&h=247 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=308&h=205 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/453075562_122154660974052923_4650593946195464515_n.jpg?w=50&h=33 50w" sizes="(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px" loading="lazy" alt="The christening ceremony for the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Patrick Gallagher. (photo courtesy U.S. Navy)" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-destroyer-navy-cross-patrick-gallagher/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> Navy christens new destroyer named for Navy Cross recipient </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">Navy christens new destroyer named for Navy Cross recipient</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/nicholas-slayton/">Nicholas Slayton</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-07-28T16:59:45-04:00"> Jul 28 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/pentagon-medal-of-honor-wounded-knee/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?quality=85&w=800" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg 4888w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=768&h=432 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=1536&h=864 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=2048&h=1152 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=800&h=450 800w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=355&h=200 355w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=1173&h=660 1173w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=711&h=400 711w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=1486&h=836 1486w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=1226&h=690 1226w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=384&h=216 384w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=718&h=404 718w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=1589&h=894 1589w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=1337&h=752 1337w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=1234&h=694 1234w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=280&h=158 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=1440&h=810 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=289&h=163 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=370&h=208 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=308&h=173 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Wounded-Knee-Getty-Image.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" loading="lazy" alt="Wind flutters around the peace offerings of tobacco ties that line the fence at the Wounded Knee Memorial on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, on Monday, October 20, 2014. 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srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Nuke2.jpg 1929w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Nuke2.jpg?w=768&h=430 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Nuke2.jpg?w=1536&h=860 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Nuke2.jpg?w=804&h=450 804w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Nuke2.jpg?w=357&h=200 357w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Nuke2.jpg?w=1179&h=660 1179w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Nuke2.jpg?w=714&h=400 714w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Nuke2.jpg?w=1493&h=836 1493w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Nuke2.jpg?w=1232&h=690 1232w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Nuke2.jpg?w=386&h=216 386w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Nuke2.jpg?w=722&h=404 722w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Nuke2.jpg?w=1597&h=894 1597w, 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Courtesy photo." /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/history/americas-atomic-veterans/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> America’s Atomic Veterans, hidden by secrets, were forgotten for 50 years </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">America’s Atomic Veterans, hidden by secrets, were forgotten for 50 years</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/abigail-spanberger/">Abigail Spanberger</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-07-15T19:24:17-04:00"> Jul 15 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/jd-vance-marine-veteran/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?quality=85&w=804" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg 1929w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=768&h=430 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=1536&h=860 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=804&h=450 804w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=357&h=200 357w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=1179&h=660 1179w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=714&h=400 714w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=1493&h=836 1493w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=1232&h=690 1232w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=386&h=216 386w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=722&h=404 722w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=1597&h=894 1597w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=1343&h=752 1343w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=1240&h=694 1240w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=280&h=157 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=1440&h=806 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=289&h=162 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=370&h=207 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=308&h=172 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Vance.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px" loading="lazy" alt="vance trump US Marine" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/history/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">History</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/jd-vance-marine-veteran/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> J.D. 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https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ww1-1.jpg?w=1597&h=894 1597w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ww1-1.jpg?w=1343&h=752 1343w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ww1-1.jpg?w=1240&h=694 1240w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ww1-1.jpg?w=280&h=157 280w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ww1-1.jpg?w=1440&h=806 1440w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ww1-1.jpg?w=289&h=162 289w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ww1-1.jpg?w=370&h=207 370w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ww1-1.jpg?w=308&h=172 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ww1-1.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px" loading="lazy" alt="Sabin Howard, the sculptor and artist behind the WW I memorial," /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/news/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">News</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/ww-i-memorial-a-soldiers-journey/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> World War I Memorial wall, ‘A Soldier’s Journey,’ will soon arrive in Washington </span> <span class="desktop hidden lg:inline-block">World War I Memorial wall, ‘A Soldier’s Journey,’ will soon arrive in Washington</span> </h3> </a> <div class="card-post-byline-wrapper flex gap-2 items-center text-sm leading-1.4 font-semibold text-secondary-800"> <p class="card-post-byline font-secondary font-semibold text-secondary-900 text-sm pr-0 m-0"> <span class="recurrent-byline"><span class="byline-segment"><span class="byline-text">By </span><a class="hover-link no-underline hover:underline" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/joshua-skovlund/">Joshua Skovlund</a></span></span> </p> <span class="card-post-byline-separator">/</span> <time class="uppercase" datetime="2024-07-09T16:11:27-04:00"> Jul 9 2024 </time> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb-3"> <div class="card-post category-archive-post"> <a class="card-post-image-link block mb-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-civil-war-medals/"> <div class="relative"> <img class="archive-post-thumb w-full aspect-thumbnail object-cover rounded-grid-post" src="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shadrach-and-Wilson-Medal-of-Honor-2024.jpg?quality=85&w=804" srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shadrach-and-Wilson-Medal-of-Honor-2024.jpg 1929w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shadrach-and-Wilson-Medal-of-Honor-2024.jpg?w=768&h=430 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shadrach-and-Wilson-Medal-of-Honor-2024.jpg?w=1536&h=860 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shadrach-and-Wilson-Medal-of-Honor-2024.jpg?w=804&h=450 804w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shadrach-and-Wilson-Medal-of-Honor-2024.jpg?w=357&h=200 357w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shadrach-and-Wilson-Medal-of-Honor-2024.jpg?w=1179&h=660 1179w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shadrach-and-Wilson-Medal-of-Honor-2024.jpg?w=714&h=400 714w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shadrach-and-Wilson-Medal-of-Honor-2024.jpg?w=1493&h=836 1493w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shadrach-and-Wilson-Medal-of-Honor-2024.jpg?w=1232&h=690 1232w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shadrach-and-Wilson-Medal-of-Honor-2024.jpg?w=386&h=216 386w, 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https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shadrach-and-Wilson-Medal-of-Honor-2024.jpg?w=308&h=172 308w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Shadrach-and-Wilson-Medal-of-Honor-2024.jpg?w=50&h=28 50w" sizes="(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px" loading="lazy" alt="Civil War Medal of Honor" /> </div> </a> <div class="post-content relative text-left"> <div class="post-tax-badges flex gap-2 items-center border-white pb-4 lg:pb-3.5" > <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/category/news/" class="cat-name-badge font-tertiary font-semibold text-sm text-accent-900 leading-extra-tight no-underline hover:underline">News</a> </div> <a class="card-post-title-link" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-civil-war-medals/" > <h3 class="card-post-title hover-link font-primary font-bold text-base lg:text-xl text-secondary-900 leading-tight"> <span class="mobile lg:hidden"> 2 Civil War soldiers receive Medal of Honor for ‘Great Locomotive Chase’ </span> <span class="desktop 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srcset="https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Pardons-lgbt-UCMJ.jpg 5790w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Pardons-lgbt-UCMJ.jpg?w=768&h=463 768w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Pardons-lgbt-UCMJ.jpg?w=1536&h=926 1536w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Pardons-lgbt-UCMJ.jpg?w=2048&h=1235 2048w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Pardons-lgbt-UCMJ.jpg?w=746&h=450 746w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Pardons-lgbt-UCMJ.jpg?w=332&h=200 332w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Pardons-lgbt-UCMJ.jpg?w=1095&h=660 1095w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Pardons-lgbt-UCMJ.jpg?w=663&h=400 663w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Pardons-lgbt-UCMJ.jpg?w=1387&h=836 1387w, https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Pardons-lgbt-UCMJ.jpg?w=1144&h=690 1144w, 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Maj. of the U.S. Army Michael R. Weimer salutes at the unveiled and renamed Sgt. Stout vehicle, previously the M-SHORAD. 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