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Made in America: The M3 Tank Was Better Suited for the Pacific Theater

by Larry Porges4/17/20234/12/2023
street scene in Mayville, North Dakota

He Was Shot in the Head Over Booze in this Prohibition State. His Killers Walked Free.

by Ellen Notbohm4/17/20234/17/2023
ww2-soviet-petlyakov-tactical-bomber-flight

This Soviet Bomber was designed in a prison camp

by Larry Porges4/14/20234/14/2023
mark-twain

Mark Twain Fought for the South in the Civil War. He Lasted 2 Weeks Before He Quit

by Claire Barrett4/14/20234/26/2024
Captain John Williams Gunnison

The Time the US Army Almost Went to War with Utah’s Mormons in 1854

by Will Gorenfeld4/14/20234/14/2023
Photo of a sniper scaning for a target on the streets of embattled Sarajevo at the outset of the 1992–95 Bosnian War. The breakup of Yugoslavia was accompanied by ethnic strife, urban warfare and civilian displacement.

Whether As a Kingdom or As a Socialist Republic, Yugoslavia Proved an Impossible Experiment. Here’s Why

by Anthony Rogers4/14/20234/29/2024
Political cartoon showing South Carolina as a donkey

When South Carolina Threatened Secession… 30 Years Before the Civil War

by Brian C. Neumann4/12/20234/6/2023
Photo of New York Skyline, Chrysler Building, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 1920s.

Racing to Build America’s Tallest Skyscrapers, How This Technology Let Architects Get High

by Dennis Goodwin4/11/20234/12/2023
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This Is Not the Studebaker You Might Expect. It’s a Weasel

by Larry Porges4/11/20234/11/2023

Billy Waugh, Famed Special Forces Warrior and CIA Legend, Dies At 93

by Larry Porges4/10/20234/2/2024

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