The Czech model company Eduard is known for its very particular attention to detail. […]
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The Day a B-17 Gunner’s First Mission Became His Last
“Without thinking about it or having time to be scared, I crawled back to the open hatch, crouched in front of it, and rolled out.”
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Listen as Lancaster Crew Takes ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ to a Whole Other Level
“Hello skipper.” “Hello navigator…Keep weaving, there’s quite a lot of flak coming up falling […]
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Lessons from the Battle of Long Island
Though outgeneraled, outmaneuvered and outfought, Washington extracted most of his army, thus saving it and the Patriot cause.
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7 Little-Known Facts about ‘Top Gun’
What was adlibbed? Who was based on a real person? What happens if you quote ‘Top Gun’ at TOPGUN?
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A Doctor’s Note for Booze? Winston Churchill Prescribed ‘Indefinite’ Quantities of Alcohol During Prohibition
Medical professionals touted that daily doses of alcohol could stave off, among other things, cancer, indigestion, and depression.
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Book Review: Airmen of Arnhem
Martin W. Bowman relates the hazards airmen faced during Operation Market Garden, the ill-fated Allied attempt to shorten World War II
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Lust for Fame Made Smut This Puritan’s Chief Stock in Trade
‘Special Agent’ Anthony Comstock took reporters along when he raided purveyors of porn and prophylactics.
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A Scot at Cerro Gordo
George Ballentine, a Scottish weaver, sought a better life in the United States. He ended up fighting in the Mexican-American War.