Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe received a posthumous Silver Star for his actions in Iraq. Many people – including the officer who originally recommended the Silver Star – say he deserves the Medal of Honor
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That Time the Navy Spent a Million Dollars on an Ice Cream Barge
I scream, you scream…
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The Story Behind One of the Oddest Airplanes of World War II
The Luftwaffe’s first jet-propelled medium bomber test-bed featured forward-swept wings
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Book review: Gold Stars Over the Red River
A chronology of events and biographies of North Vietnamese pilots who made claims on American airplanes, helicopters or drones during the Vietnam War.
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Russia vs. China: How Conflict at the Sino-Soviet Border Nearly Started Nuclear War
Two Communist superpowers traded shots over a tiny island in a clash with international implications
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Watch Matt Damon and Adam Driver Face Off in ‘The Last Duel’
So begins the true story of the last officially sanctioned judicial duel in France’s history
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Escape Was Hopeless: A Stonewall Brigade Captain at Gettysburg
A Stonewall Brigade captain recounts the savage July 3, 1863, fight for Culp’s Hill at Gettysburg
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Journalist Roelif Loveland’s Searing Account of D-Day
‘Flak began to come pretty soon … but the expression on the face of the kid from Cleveland who was piloting the plane did not change in the slightest degree’
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Graphic Novel Series Honors Korean War Hero Who Single-Handedly Stopped a Chinese Assault
Although cautioned about the Chinese habit of infiltrating the lines at nighttime, many within E Company did not heed the warning — except Red Cloud
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‘When Outlaws Wore Badges’ Book Review
Melody Groves profiles badge wearers who worked both sides of the law in the Old West