Actress Betty White, who lit up the silver screen for nine decades, died Friday
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Hats off to Tom Hirt
The craftsman keeps Old West hat making alive—and not just in movies
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Horrors Spawned More Horrors When American Troops Entered Dachau
Was the execution of German guards at the infamous concentration camp a war crime, a reaction to trauma, or vigilante justice?
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Clement Vallandigham Reexamined: A Review of Lincoln’s Northern Nemesis
At most a footnote figure, he is chiefly remembered as the target of an aggressive federal crackdown on free speech
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How Champagne Helped to Defeat the Nazis…Or at Least Cause Some Severe GI Discomfort
In France during World War II, German alcohol shipments just may have provided crucial intelligence for the Allies
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Think You’re a Gettysburg Fan? Meet the Man Who’s Made It His Life’s Work
A lifelong aficionado of the Civil War, Motts began his career as a battlefield guide at Gettysburg in 1988
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Count Him Out: When Lincoln Jumped Out of a Second-Story Window to Dodge a Quorum
Americans have been gaming quorums — the minimum number of qualified people who must be at a meeting in order to conduct business — since day one.
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Was the Making of ‘Tora! Tora! Tora!’ Cursed?
Twentieth Century Fox wanted it to be “the most spectacular film ever made.” It may have been that — and more
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Richard Marcinko, First Commanding Officer of SEAL Team Six, Dies
Marcinko led the SEAL team in what has become known as the Navy’s most successful SEAL operation during the Vietnam War
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In the Shadow of Alexander the Great: A Marine Grunt Looks Back at Iraq and Afghanistan
Where does one find adventure in the Marines, or at least the promise of such adventure, as two wars rage? That’s right, the infantry