The PBR’s speed and maneuverability enabled its crews to strike quickly and zip in and out of harm’s way.
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Woody Williams: To Hell and Back At the Battle of Iwo Jima
The Marine Corps veteran is the last living World War II recipient of the Medal of Honor
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World War II Soldiers Loved to Sing—Provided They Got to Sing Their Way
The U.S. Army recognized the vital outlet that music provided, but G.I.s preferred parody songs of their own invention over wholesome tunes pushed by top brass.
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Civil War Soldiers Loved Their Coffee. So This Colonel Invented a Coffee Grinder-Gun.
Necessity is the mother of invention, prompting one enterprising colonel to invent a device using two essential items during war: coffee and bullets
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Were Viet Cong Prisoners Tossed From Helicopters?
One of the most enduring yet baseless myths of the Vietnam War alleges that communist prisoners were thrown out of high-flying helicopters
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Translating for Yamashita, the ‘Tiger of Malaya’
In 1945 a young Marine with an aptitude for languages landed in the midst of a war crimes trial with international ramifications
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Who Were the Civil War’s Black Troops? New Monuments Tell the Story
As part of a growing effort to share the story of Black troops in the U.S. Army during the Civil War, three new monuments honoring the contributions and sacrifice of the USCT have recently been unveiled
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‘War,’ A Poem by Carl Sandburg
“Carl Sandburg was more than the voice of America, more than the poet of its strength and genius,” President Lyndon B. Johnson said in observing his death. “He was America”
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The Rose is Red, Violet’s Blue, These US Presidents Cheated and Caused a Hullabaloo
Cheaters never prosper… unless you’re an American president that is
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Psyched Out: America’s First Mail-Order Religion
With the promise of acquiring godlike powers, Americans by the thousands ante’d up, hoping for illumination