Gabby Gabreski nearly failed out of his Army Air Corps flight training, but went on to become the top American fighter ace in Europe during World War II and a jet ace in Korea.
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McArthur’s Gamble: The Bold 1814 American Raid Into Canada
Amid the War of 1812 an American general eager to strike a blow against the British mounted a risky raid deep into western Upper Canada
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Book Review: Terror on the Santa Fe Trail / Kit Carson and the Jicarilla Apache
Doug Hocking, who grew up on New Mexico’s Jicarilla Apache Nation Reservation, relates the war this little-known band waged along the Santa Fe Trail
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Doug Hocking: Inside Apacheria
The author grew up on a reservation and writes books in which Jicarillas and Chiricahuas play central roles
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Building Gabby’s Final Jug
With a little work, Monogram’s classic P-47D Thunderbolt can still hold its own in any modeler’s collection.
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Smile! The Evolution of Dentistry During the Civil War
The first appointment of a non-commissioned dental officer in the U.S. Army would not occur until 1872, and a separate U.S. Army Dental Corps would not be established until 1911, only a few years before World War I
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Lest We Forget… the Handbrake. Former British Soldiers Crash Armored Vehicle Into Village Memorial on Armistice Day
Two former soldiers were at the center of the gaffe after they forgot to deploy the brakes of a Scimitar armored reconnaissance vehicle during the village’s moment of silence during Remembrance Day
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A Closer Look at North Vietnam’s D-74 122 mm Field Gun
The 122 mm D-74, a towed gun that entered Soviet service in 1955, was the most numerous gun in the NVA’s five independent artillery regiments
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How John Steinbeck Inspired the Resistance in WWII
One of John Steinbeck’s lesser-known works, The Moon Is Down, was among the most effective pieces of wartime propaganda ever written.
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The Hard-Luck Regiment of the 107th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Author Brian Matthew Jordan details the history of the regiment, which survived being decimated at both Chancellorsville and Gettysburg