More than 600 Red Cross Donut Dollies brought smiles to thousands of GIs in Vietnam
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Daily Quiz for February 9, 2011
This man was the last soldier rescued from the Cabanatuan Prison Camp during Col. Henry Mucci’s great raid.
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The Truth About Devil Boats
During World War II, adroit navy public relations and obliging media coverage wrapped PT boats in glamour. Initially designed for dangerous nighttime attacks on much larger Japanese warships, the boats came to be seen as intrepid little heroes, America’s Davids taking on Japan’s Goliaths of the sea.
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The Kennedy Curse in World War II
Though John F. Kennedy emerged from World War II as a national hero, he thought of the war years as a dark period for his family. “It turned [us] upside down and sucked all the oxygen out of our smug and comfortable assumptions,” he said.
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Book Review: George Washington’s First War
David A. Clary’s new book is an unflattering portrait of Washington’s leadership in the French and Indian War.
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Fighting Words: Commanding Attention
MHQ lexicographer, Christine Ammer, considers vivid phrases of military leaders.
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Ask MHQ—North or South: Whose Was the Army of the Rebellion?
Nowadays “Army of the Rebellion” is most commonly used to refer to the Confederates, but during the American Civil War the term was often applied to the Union forces as well.
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Constitution vs. Guerrière: America’s Coming Out Party
In August 1812, Captain Isaac Hull in the American frigate Constitution dismasted the Royal Navy’s Guerrière in a resounding victory that helped the U.S. Navy hold its own for nearly three years against the mightiest sea power on earth.
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Book Review: Neptune’s Inferno
Neptune’s Inferno
The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
By James D. Hornfischer. 544 pp.
Bantam Books, 2011. $30.
Reviewed by Jeffrey G. Barlow
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The War List: Five Battles That Shaped Modern Europe
A renowned historian looks at the greatest conflicts from ancient times to World War II.