General Omar Bradley knew he had to have Carentan. The crossroads town of some […]
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Operation Bagration: Soviet Offensive of 1944
Geographically, it dwarfed the campaign for Normandy. In four weeks, it inflicted greater losses […]
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Peter Francisco: American Revolutionary War Hero
Young ‘giant’ Peter Francisco was the most renowned common soldier in the Continental Army — and possibly in the entire history of the U.S. Army.
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Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle
Although usually portrayed as a man of peace, Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle may have been an ineffective leader at best.
By Gregory Michno
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General Nelson Miles and the Expedition to Capture Geronimo
General Nelson Miles summoned Lieutenant Charles Gatewood to Albuquerque in July 1886 and ordered the reluctant veteran of the Apache wars to go find the elusive Chiricahua leader down in the mountains of Mexico.
By Louis Kraft
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Who Were the Real Men of Deadwood?
The 1870s Western mining town was chock-full of rough-and-tumble characters who appear in fine fettle on the HBO series.
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How Ho Chi Minh Combined Communism and Nationalism in Pursuit of a ‘New World Order’
He may have looked frail, but he was the driving force behind the end of French colonialism and the erection of a Vietnamese state.
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The Battle at Ap Bac Changed America’s View of the Vietnam War
On January 3,1963, several American war correspondents approached General Paul D. Harkins to ask what […]
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Letter From August 2006 Vietnam Magazine
America loses one of its great moral heroes of the Vietnam War. There are […]
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Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale: Vietnam War Hero and Indomitable Spirit at the Hanoi Hilton
As author Joseph Conrad wrote in his great book Lord Jim, ‘A certain readiness […]