A small group of die-hard aviators fended off Japanese invaders at Guadalcanal, code-named ‘Cactus.’
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All-Girl Rhea County Spartans
Begun as a lark, the all-girl Rhea County Spartans soon attracted the attention of unamused Union officers.
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Interview: Siegfried Knappe / WWII German Officer
Siegfried Knappe, a German officer, survived the fight for his capital city and became a prisoner of the Soviets.
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U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps: Wheels of War
In 1897 a unit of black infantrymen set out on a grueling expedition to demonstrate a unique means of military transport–the bicycle.
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Belle Starr
Myra Maybelle Shirley was neither a belle nor the star of any outlaw band…still she remains a legendary wild woman of the Old West.
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‘WARS ARE NOT WON BY RESPECTABLE METHODS’
Amy Elizabeth Thorpe, code-named ‘Cynthia,’ was a World War II version of the legendary Mata Hari.
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Henry Plummer
Was Montana’s most controversial sheriff a lawman-gone-bad or the innocent victim of ruthless vigilantes?
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The Gamblers’ War in Tombstone
Before the bloody feud with the Cowboys reached a head, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and other ‘Easterners’ had to deal with the ‘Slopers.’
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Third Crusade: Siege of Acre
A magnet for centuries to competing armies, Acre at last would be leveled-but not before it would house both warring Christians and Muslims during the Crusades.
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Tombstone’s Cemetery: Boothill
The old cemetery boasts graves of Clantons, McLaurys and other legendary Tombstone characters–not to mention some of the world’s most famous (and funny) epitaphs.