It’s hard to wage war when your weapons don’t work.
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Stay! Good Boy!
If, according to family lore passed down since the war, the story behind this […]
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The US Navy To Honor WWII Hero Dubbed the ‘Human Tugboat’
In 1942, Charles Jackson French towed a raft with 15 injured sailors through shark-infested waters for eight hours. He was denied any award or medal.
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His Sergeant in Vietnam Became His Hero. He Never Forgot It.
The heroism of Willie Johnson left an enduring impression on his young comrade John Magnarelli.
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Nobody Could Scale the Walls of China’s Forbidden City–Except This American Soldier
A young American bugler turned the tide in China’s 1900 Boxer Rebellion.
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Build Your Own Pearl Harbor “Kate”
The Nakajima B5N2 served as Mitsuo Fuchida’s command post on the date that will live in infamy.
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The Old World Soldier Who Conquered the New
In 1519 Hernán Cortés set out to invade the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán, his boldness earning Spain a foothold in the Americas.
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‘Medicine Flower’ Brought the West East
Ethnologist Frank Cushing embraced Zuni culture right down to his Indian name.
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‘War of the Worlds’ Meets Reality
The 1920s saw a wide range of scientific developments for military usage, but popular […]
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Fighting the Forest
Since the Viet Cong insurgents and North Vietnamese Army supply lines relied on the […]