Claire Barrett
Claire Barrett is an editor and military history correspondent for Military Times. She is also a World War II researcher with an unparalleled affinity for Sir Winston Churchill and Michigan football.
Connect
All Stories By Claire
The ‘March of Folly’: America’s headlong lurch into Vietnam began with just 3,500 Marines
“Johnson’s idea was to fight and negotiate simultaneously. The difficulty was that the limited war aim … was unachievable by limited war," wrote Tuchman.
This gunner is the only sailor buried at sea — inside his plane
Loyce Edward Deen survived the battle of Leyte Gulf only to be cut down in a mop-up effort a week later.
Monroe to Donroe: A ‘dead’ doctrine’s revival for current operations
Barack Obama declared the Monroe doctrine "dead." Under Trump, it finds new life.
How wine and champagne helped to defeat the Nazis
In France during World War II, German alcohol shipments helped to provide crucial intelligence for the Allies.
How the Continental Army became the lords of Spanktown
Spanktown, name thusly after an early settler publicly took his spouse across his knee and chastised her, was to play an important role in the Forage Wars.
Ham, turkey and cigars? A look at Christmas festivities during WWII
It's not too late to put Snowflake potatoes on one's Christmas day menu.
America’s Dunkirk: The battle of Long Island
Wars are not won by evacuation, but George Washington’s decision to evacuate Long Island in August 1776 ultimately saved the the Continental Army.
First teaser trailer for Jimmy Stewart biopic just dropped
'Jimmy' is set to hit theaters Nov. 6, 2026.
This military training camp team almost won a national championship
On Nov. 20, 1943, the eyes of a weary nation focused, just for a moment, on a battle playing out stateside.
These Army-Navy game players would go on to receive the Medal of Honor
Eleven cadets and midshipmen who played for their service academies would go on to receive the nation's highest award for valor.
