How a Doolittle Raider and a Pearl Harbor pilot became friends
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Payback for Pearl
Doolittle’s Raiders avenged Pearl Harbor by hitting the Japanese where they least expected it—at home
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Alistair, Meet Jimmy
Author Sir Alistair Horne tells of his visit with legendary World War II pilot, Jimmy Doolittle
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France, Fur, and America
MHQ Home Page See the Spring 2012 MHQ story The Mohawks’ Fur Frenzy The […]
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The Mohawks’ Fur Frenzy
Bent on dominating the beaver trade, Dutch-backed Mohawks waged a brutal war in the mid-1600s
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Daily Quiz for February 10, 2012
Recognizing his superb musical talent, this composer’s parents sent him to live with a relative as a musician’s apprentice at the age of five.
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Going Rogue: The Imperial Japanese Army Launches a War
The Second Sino-Japanese War takes off, solidifying Emperor Hirohito’s power and perhaps dooming Japan in World War II.
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Daily Quiz for February 9, 2012
This politician said, "Washington D.C. is twelve square miles bordered by reality."
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Daily Quiz for February 8, 2012
This Spanish monarch instigated a war with England and sent an armada against the British Navy in 1588.
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Union at Shiloh
A letter from Pvt. William Christie, 1st Minnesota Battery, to his father. Christie’s battery […]