Although he was a Polish citizen, Casimir Pulaski distinguished himself fighting for America during this war.
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Arsenal: Infographs by Gregory Proch
From the August 2014 issue: America’s Mark 30 ‘Four Deuce’ Mortar Click for larger image […]
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Arsenal: Soviet SA-2a Guideline
A four plane flight of F-4C Phantoms providing combat escort to F-105D Thunderchiefs northwest […]
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Daily Quiz for July 17, 2015
In 1907, Emily Bissell started this annual fundraiser.
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Daily Quiz for July 16, 2015
Nearly killed as a child in a fire that did kill his nine-year-old brother, Glenn Cunningham later set several world records in this sport.
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Oskar Gröning, A Fond Look Back
On Wednesday, a German court sentenced Oskar Gröning to four years in prison for his role in the Holocaust. In our 2013 profile of the former Auschwitz guard, he declared himself not guilty.
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SS Accountant Admits Complicity, Gets Four-Year Sentence
Oskar Gröning, “the accountant of Auschwitz,” declared himself morally complicit as an accessory to 300,000 counts of murder. On Wednesday, July 15, a German court sentenced him to four years in prison.
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V-J Day 1945: The World Rejoices
A glimpse of how V-J Day, the end of World War II, was celebrated around the world in 1945.
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Daily Quiz for July 15, 2015
After his commander, Col. Elmer Ellsworth, was shot and killed at the beginning of this war, Private Francis Brownell killed the murderer, for which he received a Medal of Honor.
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How was FDR Able to Get the Lend-Lease Act Passed?
Given the isolationist sentiment in the U.S., how did Franklin Roosevelt get the Lend-Lease Act passed?