Chuck Mawhinney is the highest scoring sniper in the U.S. Marine Corps. A new book explores his Vietnam War experiences.
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The Balloon Pilots Who Went Boldly Where Only Animals Had Gone Before
Project Manhigh took pilots to the edge of space.
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Leap Back on the Political Merry-Go-Round
From Van Buren to Trump, Many One-Term Presidents Have Done All They Could to Return to the White House.
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Did the Nazis treat German or Austrian Jews who were veterans of the First World War any better than other Jews?
We asked the experts.
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This North Carolina Factory Town Kept Busy Supplying Boots to the Confederate Army
Thomasville celebrates its manufacturing history with a giant chair in the center of town.
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A Forgotten ‘Trail of Tears’
The 1842 Cherokee Slave Revolt was not one of Indians against their oppressors, but of enslaved blacks against their tribal masters.
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A Closer Look at the U.S. Navy’s ‘Mighty Midget’
American LCS gunboats were the unsung heroes of the Pacific Theater.
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The Bomber That Almost Wasn’t
WWII’s Convair B-32 Dominator never got the chance to live up to its name.
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Her Great-uncle Died on D-day. We Found out What Happened
Captain Everal Anthony Guimond Was a B-24 Bombardier.
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Israeli, Palestinian Leaders Could Stand a Trip to Gettysburg
How Gettysburg serves as a model for peace more than a century after the battle