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Photo of William Dawson of the 71st Special Operations Squadron trains his AC-119’s night observation scope during a mission in April 1969.

How Cargo Haulers Turned into Gunships Rained Fire on the Enemy in Vietnam

by Barry Levine1/22/20241/22/2024

Lithograph of fighting at Antietam

Robert E. Lee Endured a Precipitous Reset in Maryland

by Alexander Rossino1/22/20241/22/2024

U.S. cavalry pursuing Indians on horseback

This Kiowa Chief Kept to the Road of Peace — Until He Didn’t

by Allen Lee Hamilton and Clinton Chase Hamilton1/19/202411/3/2023

There Were Reasons Why American Submariners Damned Their Own Torpedoes

by Mark Carlson1/16/20241/18/2024

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Nobody Could Scale the Walls of China’s Forbidden City–Except This American Soldier

by Fred L. Borch1/12/20241/18/2024

Painting of, In the summer of 1521 the culminating battles in the seesaw siege of Tenochtitlán (present-day Mexico City) pitted Cortés’ Spaniards and a host of Indian allies against the once dominant Aztecs.

The Old World Soldier Who Conquered the New

by John Walker1/12/202411/8/2023

Lincoln reviews Garibaldi Guard

Abraham Lincoln’s Embrace of Foreign-Born Fighters

by Harold Holzer1/11/202411/1/2023

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How Erwin Rommel Has Been Lost in Translation

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher1/8/20241/11/2024

Photo of a U.S. Navy SEAL surfacing from a dive. SEALs and UDT divers were tasked with getting ashore and guiding the POWs to safety.

How POWs Tried to Escape North Vietnam with Help from the Navy SEALS

by Carl O. Schuster1/8/20241/8/2024

Photo showing The long awaited all out Arab attack on the Jews has begun according to widespread reports of violence and attacks from the Holy Land. Here we see two members of the Palmach, the striking force of the Haganah, as they fired through a hole in a wall while training recently for city fighting. The Haganah, once illegal, is now working openly and has registered all men and women between the ages of 17 and 35. Actually, those under 25 only are called in the draft. The main problem has been to keep too many men and women over 35 from trying to serve when they are of more use in vital civilian jobs. The Defense Army organized 30 years ago has since grown to a full and efficient fighting force capable of coping with the dangerous situation which now faces it.

An American in the Israeli Army

by Benny Michelsohn and Fred L. Borch1/5/202411/6/2023