Soldiers of the 1st Cavalry were ambushed by the North Vietnamese after returning to the Ia Drang Valley
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Homesick Angel: Last Flight From Da Nang
World Airways CEO Ed Daly defied U.S. authorities and led a daring mission to rescue women and children as the South Vietnamese army collapsed in 1975
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How the Spanish Civil War Served as a Dress Rehearsal for World War II
In a preview of things to come, Germans and Italians fought Soviets and Americans in the skies over Spain, employing an impressive variety of aircraft.
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Operation Enduring Freedom: The War in Afghanistan in Photos
A look at the war in Afghanistan in pictures as the bulk of forces fighting America’s longest war are to be withdrawn by Sept. 11, 2021—the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks
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The Complicated Legacy of Matthew Maury, the ‘Scientist of the Seas’
Scientist Matthew Maury modernized navigation techniques but his racist politics have made him a pariah
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Surprised by Miss America: An Army Officer’s Unexpected Company in Vietnam, 1972
An Army officer had the surprise of his life in Vietnam when he found himself having breakfast with members of the Miss America USO show
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Last Air Battles of World War II
Confusion reigned 75 years ago when Japan announced its surrender but pilots on both sides kept fighting.
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World War II, Korean War Marine’s Stories Brought to Life in New Graphic Novel
Marvin Strombo shares intimate experiences, including a terrible war-induced nightmare that plagued him throughout his life and the close calls he had in both World War II and Korea
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Why Has Afghanistan Remained Unconquered?
Often called “the Graveyard of Empires,” the region now known as Afghanistan has foiled would-be conquerors for millennia.
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M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer
The M109 has seen combat in every American war since Vietnam and remains in active service