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Era Archives:1900s

New WWII Video Game Drops Players Into Italy, North Africa Campaigns

by Sarah Sicard2/23/20232/23/2023
Illustration of a PL-37 Light Artillery Wagon

PL-37 Light Artillery Wagon: The Armored Russian Train That Fought in the Ukraine During WWII

by Jon Guttman2/23/20232/23/2023
Photo of a tank at The World War II American Experience Museum.

Take a Tank Ride… at Gettysburg

by American History Editors2/21/20232/23/2023
ww2-germany-kms-tIrpitz-battleship-fjord

The Tirpitz Was Big, But Size Couldn’t Prevent the Battleship’s Destruction

by Larry Porges2/20/20232/2/2023
Illustration of a M1911A1 pistol

The M1911/1911A1 Served as America’s Military Sidearm From 1911 to 1984

by Carl O. Schuster2/17/20232/17/2023
Photo of Major Bud Anderson poses in 1944 on the wing of his P-51D Mustang Old Crow, the victory markings beneath its canopy reflecting his status as a triple ace.

Meet America’s Highest Scoring Living Fighter Ace

by Jon Guttman2/17/202311/30/2023
ww2-australia-boomerang-airfield

Australia’s Home-Grown Boomerang Fighter Wasn’t Great, But It Was the Best They Could Do

by Larry Porges2/17/20232/23/2023

The Army Promised Her a Grave Beside Her Husband—But Buried Someone Else There

by Larry Porges2/16/20232/16/2023

Interview: John Slemp / The Stories Behind the Apparel

by Tom Huntington2/15/20235/5/2024
Photo of Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David T. Zabecki is Vietnam magazine’s editor emeritus.

How the ‘Galloping Major’ of Australia Earned Both a Silver Star and a Victoria Cross

by David T. Zabecki2/15/20232/15/2023

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