Retired Army Lt. Col. Ed Sherwood’s book ably addresses a long-neglected gap in the history of the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam.
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The Attack on Pearl Harbor: ‘A Date Which Will Live in Infamy’
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, setting off US involvement in WWII.
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Pearl Harbor Memorial
Even though Pearl Harbor is still a major Navy base, the tone is always hushed—just as it was that fateful morning on Dec. 7, 1941, before the bombing began
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New WWI Movie Centers on an ‘Unexpected Love Story’ Between Two Men
The movie will begin filming in the summer of 2022
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‘Cheyenne Summer’ Book Review
Terry Mort relates the 1868 Battle of Beecher Island after introducing the participants, namely the Cheyennes, the U.S. Army and Colorado Territory civilians
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‘Victory at Gallipoli, 1915’ Book Review
Klaus Wolf examines the German-Ottoman alliance that led to victory in the World War I Gallipoli campaign
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How The SS Hunted For The Skeleton Of A King From the Dark Ages
The SS dug frantically in search of a missing royal skeleton and held candlelit ceremonies in a crypt to appease Heinrich Himmler.
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Ernie Pyle in the Blitz
The famed American reporter went on a personal mission to Britain to relate the extraordinary deeds of ordinary people in wartime
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Largely Destroyed in World War II, the Polish City of Szczecin Thrives Today
In June 1938, Adolf Hitler paid a visit to the then-German city, a stronghold of the Nazi movement.
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Documentary Chronicles Efforts to Repatriate American Service Members Missing Since WWII
A small team have searched the Earth’s farthest-flung corners in an endeavor to repatriate the remains of Americans still missing in action