While scouting for the 26th ‘Yankee’ Division during World War I, Sergeant James F. Carty and Private Harold F. Proctor eliminated a German position that had been holding up their comrades for five hours.
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Korean War: Battle on Pork Chop Hill
A bloody seesaw struggle for Hill 255 — a minor territorial chip at the negotiating table — came to be remembered as a symbol for the entire Korean War.
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Interview: George McKiel / Prisoner of War in Stalag Luft III
Although George McKiel helped those digging the tunnel out of Stalag Luft III, he did not participate in the actual escape—and was thus spared execution.
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World War II: Stopping Field Marshal Erich von Manstein’s Panzers
Much of the future course of World War II was determined by Adolf Hitler’s decision in the spring of 1940 to stop Field Marshal Erich von Manstein’s panzers at their moment of supreme victory.
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Second Matabele War
In 1896, the British colony of Rhodesia was swept by a wave of fear as Europeans and Africans clashed for the second time in three years.
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Battle of the Aleutian Islands: Recapturing Attu
Plagued by logistical difficulties and lackluster leadership, the battle for the Aleutian island of Attu remains largely forgotten.
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World War II: Race to Seize Berchtesgaden
The winners in the race to seize Berchtesgaden were quickly forgotten in the wake of Allied victory.
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Persian Gulf War: U.S. Marines’ Minefield Assault
While the army swept around Iraqi defenses during the Persian Gulf War, the U.S. Marines drove straight ahead.
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A Lady’s Life in the Gold Rush
From remote mining camps in northern California in the early 1850s, Louise (‘Dame Shirley’) Clapp wrote a series of vivid letters to her sister in New England.
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Military History: The Birthplace of War
The birthplace of civilization is also the home of culture’s nemesis.