War by…hot air balloon?
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‘Men of Color, To Arms!’
Organized in October of 1862, the 2nd Louisiana Native Guards was mustered into service and initially all but one of the company officers were considered men of color.
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The Grieving Mother Who Took the Vietnam War To LBJ
After Russell Forrest Keck’s burial, his mother brought her grief straight to the person who she believed was responsible for her terrible loss — U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson.
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Boy Scout Burn
Ohio’s Cleveland Leader News captured this scene of a local Boy Scout troop burning stolen copies of the city’s oldest foreign language newspaper.
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New Book ‘Bravo Company’ is Definitive Look at Afghanistan IED War
Ben Kesling, a former Marine infantry officer has written what may be the defining book about a very different version of the war in southern Afghanistan.
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The P-51 Pioneers: Breaking in the Mustang
Contrary to popular belief, the introduction of the Merlin-powered P-51B to combat over Europe was not without its problems.