Claire Barrett
Claire Barrett is the Strategic Operations Editor for Sightline Media and a World War II researcher with an unparalleled affinity for Sir Winston Churchill and Michigan football.
All Stories By Claire
This sailor fought the Japanese at Pearl Harbor—with football pads on
As the first Japanese planes swept over Pearl Harbor, Ganitch’s focus shifted from the gridiron to the skies.
Miniseries offers deep dive into misconceptions and complexities of Ulysses S. Grant
The miniseries premieres this Memorial Day, May 25.
Theodore Roosevelt captain followed in footsteps of ship’s namesake by writing bombshell letter
The aircraft carrier’s namesake was once entangled in a similar conundrum.
Hoarding during coronavirus: Not much has changed since WWII
Global pandemic-induced hoarding has yielded an industrial shift not seen since the global war phenomenon of the 1940s.
75 years after his last mission, WWII bomber pilot recounts ‘sheer terror’ of bombing runs over Nazi Germany
The Eighth Air Force suffered more killed in action during World War II than the Marine Corps.
A ‘Warrior Tradition’: Why Native Americans continue fighting for the same government that tried to wipe them out
Since 9/11, nearly 19 percent of Native Americans have served in the armed forces, compared to an average of 14 percent of all other ethnicities.
Crews of the B-17 Flying Fortress take to the sky in ‘Memphis Belle in Color’ documentary
The documentary premiers at 6 p.m EST Nov. 11 on the Smithsonian Channel, and will air multiple times this week.
New book documents the Marines of Anbar and the brutal fight for the Haditha Triad
Writer Ed Darack spoke to Military Times about his latest book, The Warriors of Anbar: The Marines Who Crushed Al Qaeda.
‘When in doubt, lash out’: The 82nd Airborne’s crossing of the Waal River, 76 years later
The 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden was celebrated throughout the Netherlands.
