At times cruel, Chiricahua Chief Cochise had courage and was devoted to the truth.
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Battle of Pierre’s Hole
Still bleary-eyed from their annual rendezvous, Bill and Milton Sublette’s mountain men were ill-prepared for battle. But the dreaded Gros Ventre–‘Big Bellies’–could not be avoided without a fight.
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Wounded Knee Massacre: United States versus the Plains Indians
The intermittent war between the United States and the Plains Indians that stretched across some three decades after the Civil War came to an end on December 29, 1890, at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
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World War II: Liberating Los Baños Internment Camp
As Allied forces reclaimed the Philippines, a number of prisons were liberated, including a civilian internment camp on the island of Luzon.
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Gilbert Islands Campaign: Capturing Makin Atoll
While Marines fought a desperate battle for Tarawa, the capture of nearby Makin Atoll was primarily an Army operation.
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China Marines
In the twilight of peace, the China Marines found themselves on the front lines of conflict.
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Fourteenth Air Force — Heir to the Flying Tigers
Against seemingly overwhelming odds, the diminutive Fourteenth Air Force held the line against the Japanese in China during World War II.
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‘You may fire when ready, Gridley!’ Commodore Dewey’s Victory at Manila Bay
Battle of Manila Bay: Commodore Dewey’s Victory
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Wars of Alexander the Great: Battle of the Granicus
The Persians hoped to win the Battle of the Granicus by killing King Alexander III. But in his first major action in Asia, the Macedonian commander employed tactics that would win him an empire.
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44th Georgia Regiment Volunteers in the American Civil War
The hard-fighting 44th Georgia suffered some of the heaviest losses of any regiment in the Civil War.