From the Argonne to Saigon, battlefield medics were a wounded soldier’s lifeline.
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Korean War: Death of Task Force Drysdale
On a grim November night in 1950, the Chinese attacked and attacked — until all that was left was a string of Americans and British enclaves, each group fighting on its own.
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Napoleon’s Masterpiece, the Battle of Austerlitz
Facing a formidable coalition, the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte I devised a plan to defeat his counterparts from Austria and Russia in one swift campaign.
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Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Bannockburn
As a final, unnerving touch at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, a howling host swept over the rim of the hill and careened down the steep slope — not soldiers, but rather camp followers.
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The Abrams Tapes: Insight to the MACV Headquarters During the Vietnam War
The once-classified tape recordings of General Creighton Abrams’ staff meetings provide an unparalleled window into the inner workings of MACV headquarters.
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U.S. Army’s B Company, 504th Military Police Battalion Patrolled Central Highlands Highways During the Vietnam War
The B Company ‘Roadrunners’ of the 504th Military Police Battalion faced Viet Cong land mines and ambushes as they patrolled the notorious roads of the Central Highlands.
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The Republic of the Rio Grande
After Texas gained its independence from Mexico, some Texans and Mexicans were ready to fight for a new buffer nation.
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USS William D. Porter: The U.S. Navy Destroyer’s Service in World War II
Almost torpedoing the battleship carrying President Franklin Roosevelt to the Tehran Conference was not the first misadventure of the ill-fated ‘Willie Dee’.
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John C. Calhoun: The Man Who Started the Civil War
If one person could be called the instigator of the Civil War, it was John C. Calhoun—genius pragmatist, and racist.
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World War II: Charles H. Owen’s Recalls the Capture of Peleliu
An unknown major motivated a terrified 16-year-old to get out of the killing zone at Peleliu.