The Linebacker II air operations over North Vietnam were truly spectacular. Making it happen were the maintenance crews back on the ground.
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Vietnam War Fighting Forces: 326th Medical Battalion’s Air Ambulance Platoon
The 326th Medical Battalion’s Air Ambulance Platoon flew mission after dustoff mission to extract the wounded from FSB Ripcord.
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Salt of the Earth: The Movie Hollywood Could Not Stop
Not many people remember the 1954 film Salt of the Earth, a low-budget account of a mining strike in New Mexico. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of the movie is that it was made at all.
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Interview: NVA General Tran Van Tra
The field commander of military operations in the South, Tran Van Tra was North Vietnam’s counterpart to General William Westmoreland.
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Glubb Pasha and the Arab Legion
A British officer turned a desert police force into an elite army of professionals for a newborn Arab nation.
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David ‘Mickey’ Marcus
Israel’s greatest military commander since Judas Maccabeus — David ‘Mickey’ Marcus — was accidentally killed by one of his own troops.
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Winston Churchill’s Prewar Effort to Increase Military Spending
Perceiving the impending danger posed by Nazi Germany, Winston Churchill battled Britain’s government and public opinion for increased military spending in the 1930s.
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Ultra Code Breakers: The Misunderstood Allied Secret Weapon
Ultra code-breaker intelligence was key to the Allied victory — but also sometimes squandered.
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When America Needed Heroes: “Shorty” Wheless and “Buzz” Wagner
‘Shorty’ Wheless and ‘Buzz’ Wagner typified the kind of air warriors the American public was eager to recognize early on during World War II.