Although a brilliant naval historian and noted theorist on the importance of sea power to national defense, Alfred Thayer Mahan hated the sea and dreaded his duties as a ship’s captain.
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Willis Haviland Carrier: The Man Who Cooled America
Air conditioning came of age in America in 1925, when engineer Willis Haviland Carrier installed humidity-controlled refrigeration in New York City’s Rivoli Theater.
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Federal Theatre Project: U.S. Government-Sponsored Show Business
A musical production Orson Welles directed in 1937 demonstrated why there’s no business like government-sponsored show business.
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North Vietnam’s Master Plan
Three years before the U.S. Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, the North Vietnamese Politburo made the decision to conquer the South.
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USS Frank E. Evans: Disaster in the South China Sea
On the morning of June 3, 1969, 74 American sailors died when the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans was cut in two by an Australian aircraft carrier in the South China Sea.
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U.S. Air Force Airlifts in the 1972 Eastertide Offensive
The North Vietnamese Army had An Loc cut off and besieged. But they could not stop the U.S. Air Force airlifters who kept that outpost alive.
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James P. ‘Bull’ Durham: True Balladeer of the Vietnam War
Former ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’ gunship pilot James P. ‘Bull’ Durham is a true balladeer of the Vietnam War.
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U.S. Army Special Forces Major Jim Morris: Proud of His Service in Vietnam
Wounded four times in Vietnam and now a chronicler of that war, Jim Morris is still proud of his service there.
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Adrian Cronauer: Air Force Radio Announcer in Vietnam
Played by Robin Williams in the film Good Morning, Vietnam, the real Adrian Cronauer is a complex man.
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Richard E. Byrd and the 1925 MacMillan Arctic Expedition
The MacMillan Arctic Expedition marked the first productive use of aircraft in Arctic exploration by Americans and brought Richard Byrd into the national limelight.