In a tragic postscript to the Civil War, as many as 1,700 Union soldiers, recently released from Confederate prisons, may have died while en route home aboard the steamer Sultana.
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The Wheels of War
In 1897 a unit of black infantrymen set out on a grueling expedition to demonstrate a unique means of military transport–the bicycle.
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Henry Aaron Remembers
With 755 home runs to his credit, the former Braves’ slugger discusses Jackie Robinson’s challenge of baseball’s color line and his own pursuit of Babe Ruth’s record.
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The GI Bill
More than 2,250,000 American veterans of WWII received at least part of their college education as a result of legislation known as “the GI Bill.”
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Allied Agony at Anzio
Taking their name from Rogers Rangers, a British-American unit organized in 1757, the U.S. […]
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Overnight in the Philippine Sea
Of all the surviving pilots who had to ditch that hectic night of June […]
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One Last Look at Lady Lex
After securing the Dutch East Indies by early 1942, Japan sought a buffer zone […]
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The Sad Story of Private Eddie Slovik
Of all the U.S. soldiers charged with desertion during World War II, only one was executed—Private Edward “Eddie” Donald Slovik. It happened just after the Battle of the Bulge.
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How Hitler’s Top Nazi Commander Werner von Blomberg Was Disgraced in a Sex Scandal
The unusual marriage of high-ranking Nazi official Werner von Blomberg possibly changed the course of the German army in World War II.
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Red Army Assault at Seelow Heights
In the war’s final days, the Soviets were determined to take the last natural barrier east of Berlin.