The Vought V-173 “Flying Pancake” was one of WWII’s strangest aircraft experiments. Discover why the U.S. Navy tested this circular-wing plane.

When Melvin Kaminsky arrived in Europe with a field artillery unit, he thought he would be a radio operator. In need of combat engineers, though, the Army noticed the young private's military ...

In the final months of World War II, as Allied forces pushed toward Germany’s border, an unexpected crisis threatened to slow the advance. Supply lines were stretched thin, Sherman tanks broke down ...