Michael Kelley of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) had a brief respite from combat duty visiting his sister at Nha Trang near the South China Sea.
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This Indigenous Hero Won the Military Cross for Valor. His Son Would Star in ‘The Lone Ranger.’
Alexander Smith’s valor in World War I earned him the Military Cross. His son later became famous as Tonto to Clayton Moore’s Lone Ranger
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In the 15th Century, China Amped Up Its Sea Power—Led by a Muslim Eunuch
Zheng He’s expansive projection of sea power represented a unique chapter in Chinese history
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Keeping It Real: How the National Museum of the U.S. Army Conveys the Vietnam War
A behind-the-scenes look at how the National Museum of the U.S. Army seeks to document the Vietnam War
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New Research Explores How Many U.S. Congressmen Owned Slaves
The report is helping to reveal “the glaring holes in many of the stories that Americans tell about the country’s history”
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Book Review: The Life and times of jo mora
Peter Hiller profiles Jo Mora, the Uruguayan-born artist who left a legacy of art in various media across the American West.
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How CIA and Special Forces Tested Counterinsurgency Strategy in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
In 1961, the CIA’s clandestine Combined Studies Group, along with U.S. Special Forces, began experimenting with a program to organize a group of Vietnam’s Highland tribes known collectively as “Montagnards”
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This German Aristocrat Beat a 12-Year Prison Sentence As a Nazi War Criminal
Alexander von Falkenhausen led Turks against the British, Chinese Nationalists against the Japanese, and conspired in Adolf Hitler’s assassination
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Gangsters of the Sky: How a Captured Bombardier’s ‘Murder, Inc.’ Jacket Inspired a Failed Nazi Propaganda Campaign
Newspapers across Germany claimed that Lt. Kenneth Williams’ flight jacket was “photo evidence for the underworld nature of [Allied] air terror”
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Jo Mora: The Western Artist From Well South of the Border
Uruguayan-born Mora cowboyed, lived with the Hopis and captured the American West in paintings, sculpture and words.