On Oct. 14, 1947, 24-year-old Capt. Charles "Chuck" Yeager, World War II fighter ace turned test pilot, took the bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane dubbed "Glamorous Glennis" past 660 mph to break the sound barrier for the first time.

The Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in Boston on Thursday that they located the US Revenue Cutter Bear, which was built in 1874. The U.S. utilized the Bear for several missions during World War I and World War II.

Vietnam veteran Gary Holland never knew his great-great-great-grandfather William Ingram, of course. Ingram died in 1863 and Holland was not born until more than eight decades later. But Holland feels a special bond with his ancestor who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg with the Army of Northern Virginia, was taken prisoner there, and died in a federal prisoner of war camp four months later.

In a climate of ascendant nationalism tinged with anti-American sentiment, it’s easy to see why “The Battle at Lake Changjin,” better known to Americans as the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, is a hit in China. The film has capitalized on demand for gory action movies that celebrate the Chinese Communist Party’s rise.

Hockenheim, Germany, August 1990: Rock music’s premier flutist, Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, onstage at the Hockenheim music festival. More than 40,000 fans packed the racetrack for the two-day event.

Saigon, South Vietnam, January 1970: Don’t try this at home, especially in front of a police officer. In 1970 Saigon, however, the sight of a father transporting four unhelmeted children on a motorcycle was hardly uncommon.

A letter written by founding father Alexander Hamilton during the Revolutionary War and believed stolen decades ago from the Massachusetts state archives has been returned following a federal appeals court decision, top state officials said Tuesday.

Tokyo, June 1976: Antonio Inoki challenges Muhammad Ali to get down on the mat during an exhibition (billed as the “World Martial Arts Championship”) between the heavyweight boxing champ and the Brazilian-Japanese pro wrestler at the Budokan Hall.

Off the coast of Taiwan March, 1966: Cmdr. David I. Draz adjusts the life jacket of President Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China as the generalissimo prepares to board an aircraft on the deck of the USS Enterprise. Chiang was finishing a four-hour visit to the nuclear-powered carrier, during which he watched a series of flybys and weapons demonstrations. 

Saigon, South Vietnam, July 16, 1969: Adm. John S. McCain Jr., commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, chomps on a cigar as he and Gen. Creighton Abrams, commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam, await the arrival of Gen. Earle Wheeler, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Adm. McCain’s father was a World War II hero; his son John III, then a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, served as a U.S. senator.