American author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, […]
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Tet 1969 at Cu Chi
One year after the infamous Tet Offensive of 1968, Communist forces tried it again.
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Tet Offensive: Battle for Hue
When the enemy launched an all-out assault in January 1968, Army clerk-typist James Mueller learned ‘being a soldier first’ was more than a basic-training slogan.
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Picture of the Day: September 21
General Benedict Arnold (Print: Library of Congress) On the night of September 21-22, 1780, […]
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Picture of the Day: September 22
President Abraham Lincoln brought the issue of freedom to the forefront of the Civil […]
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Picture of the Day: September 19
President James A. Garfield (Photo: Library of Congress) President James A. Garfield died on […]
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Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: Turning Point in the Pacific War
The Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal spelled the difference between victory and defeat for the United States in the Pacific war.
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Picture of the Day: September 20
The slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished on September 20, 1850 as a […]
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Tet Offensive: Inside MACV Headquarters
As General William Westmoreland’s chief of staff at the time of the 1968 Tet Offensive, Maj. Gen. Walter ‘Dutch’ Kerwin had a key seat with the military inner circle during one of the most critical events of the war.
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Picture of the Day: September 17
On September 17, 1862, a small, stone-arch bridge that spans Antietam Creek outside Sharpsburg, […]