This Day in U.S. Military History

For each day of the year, Paul Brandus (West Wing Reports), author of the acclaimed This Day in Presidential History, offers milestone events, dramatic stories, and arresting quotes from the storied history of the U.S. armed forces.

Paul Brandus, a frequent speaker at presidential libraries and the author of the acclaimed This Day in Presidential History (Bernan Press, 2017) and Under This Roof: A History of the White House and Presidency (Lyons Press, 2015), is an award-winning independent member of the White House press corps. He founded West Wing Reports in 2009 (Twitter @WestWingReport) and reports for television and radio clients across the United States and overseas. He is also a contributing columnist for USA Today and a financial columnist for MarketWatch and Dow Jones. He previously spent five years as a journalist in Moscow and several years as a New York-based network television producer and writer.