The iconic pineapple grenade proved invaluable as Americans marched through urban occupied Europe.
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The Spy Who Saved the Soviets
The seductive spy Richard Sorge, a German in Japan, paved Stalin’s path to victory
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How the Allies Left U-Boats Dead in the Water
The Battle of the Atlantic turned when Allied scientists joined the hunt.
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Vietnam Helmet Art
Soldiers and Marines personalized their combat helmets during the Vietnam War by decorating them with words, pictures and drawings. This photo gallery shows some of the more artistic helmets.
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Daily Quiz for July 30, 2010
John W. Davis, the losing attorney in the Brown vs. Board of Education decision that forced racial integration in public schools, once said he regarded this as a "baseless and impossible dream."
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Book Review – F-105 Thunderchief Units of the Vietnam War, by Peter Davies
F-105 Thunderchief by Peter Davies, part of Osprey’s Combat Aircraft series, details the supersonic bombing mainstay of the Vietnam War, forever associated with Operation Rolling Thunder, and describes the F-105’s hazardous missions over Vietnam
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Book Review – After My Lai: My Year Commanding First Platoon, Charlie Company, by Gary W. Bray
After My Lai by Gary W. Bray follows the infantryman’s experience as commander of 1st Platoon, Charlie Company (Americal Div 20th Inf Reg) the same platoon that 2nd Lt. William Calley had commanded during the My Lai massacre a year and a half earlier
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Book Review – Cash on Delivery: CIA Special Operations During the Secret War in Laos, by Thomas Leo Briggs
Thomas Briggs’ personal memoir, Cash on Delivery, gives a rare and valuable glimpse into American involvement in the little-publicized secret war in southern Laos, Military Region III, where covert U.S. and Lao activities have been largely unreported
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Daily Quiz for July 29, 2010
The term "bean counter," used to refer to accountants and other number-crunchers, generally in a derogatory fashion, may have originated with this public service.
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F-105D Thunderchief: One Heavy War Horse
During the Vietnam War, the F-105D Thunderchief flew more than 20,000 missions, accounting for more than 75 percent of all U.S. bombing sorties between 1965-1972. It suffered the highest loss rate of any plane that flew over North Vietnam.