Over 16 million total animals were in service during the Great War.
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Deadwood’s Despicable Mack Daddy Al Swearingen
The brothel owner abused ‘soiled doves’ in Dakota before karma came calling in Denver.
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An American in the Israeli Army
Mickey Marcus cast a giant shadow amid Israel’s 1948 fight for independence.
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Why Symbols Were Essential To Battle Shields
Decorations on shields were just as important as their functionality in battle.
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This Union Officer Escaped a Confederate Prison and Became Grant’s Most Trusted Gunner
Samuel DeGolyer’s Michigan battery fought masterfully during the Vicksburg Campaign.
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During the Vietnam War, These Colorful Posters Aimed to Win Hearts and Minds
How wartime posters from both North and South Vietnam used imagery to influence the Vietnamese people.
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Top 10 Game-Changing Weapons That Debuted In the 19th Century
From Ironclads to the Dreyse Needle Gun, these inventions forever changed the world of warfare.
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America, It Seems More and More, Could Use a Politician Like Henry Clay Again
The 19th century’s “Great Compromiser” in Congress had his warts, but finding common ground helped keep the country together for a while.
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Austria might have been even more pro-Nazi than Germany, making espionage there especially perilous
How one Austrian cell managed to supply the Allies with essential intelligence in the most pro-Nazi country in the Third Reich.
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Civil War Art, in the Round and Mobile
Polyoramas—well-traveled predecessors of the popular postwar cycloramas—captivated audiences both north and south.