When a pair of B-17s collided in midair and became interlocked, the surviving crewmen experienced the ride of their lives.
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A Conscientious Objector’s Medal of Honor
Combat Medic Thomas W. Bennett became the second conscientious objector in history to earn the Medal of Honor.
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World War II: American VI Corps Fought the Battle for Herrelsheim
With their backs to the wall, German troops fought ferociously against the American VI Corps in and around a small Alsatian village.
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Interview: Robert Felgar / WWII Eighth Air Force’s 379th Bomb Group Member
Robert Felgar’s Eighth Air Force missions in the flak-filled skies over occupied France ended abruptly when he was shot down and captured. In a German POW camp, the aviator endured such hardships and perils as attack dogs, unheated winter barracks and jam made from coal.
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Captain John Miller: Test Pilot of the Autogiro and the Grumman J2F Duck
Captain John Miller had what it took to fly the weird ones — the autogiro and the Grumman J2F Duck.
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How Allied Air Attacks Evolved During World War II
In October 1943, the U.S. Eighth Air Force’s losses became critical, forcing a reappraisal of the American daylight bombing strategy.
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Richard Halliburton and Moye Stephens: Traveling Around the World in the ‘Flying Carpet’
When Richard Halliburton needed a new kind of travel adventure to write about, Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight inspired him to fly to the far corners of the world. But he would do so with a latter-day ‘Flying Carpet.’
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Betrayal at Ebenezer Creek
Trapped between charging Rebels and a deadly flooded creek, thousands of fugitive slaves watched in horror as the Union army abandoned them. Then came catastrophe–and excuses.
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They Flew for Franco: German Condor Legion’s Tactical Air Power
During the Spanish Civil War, a group of German pilots that became known as the Condor Legion honed their hunting skills in Spain’s skies.
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John Sutter and California’s Indians
The Swiss entrepreneur carved out a big place for himself in Mexican California, using area Indians to do most of the hard work.