As a child, almost every day growing up Jason Burt would hear the sounds […]
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This 97-Year-Old Just Finished the Marine Corps Marathon. Here’s How the Iwo Jima Veteran Earned a Silver Star
For World War II Iwo Jima Marine and Silver Star recipient Thiele Fred Harvey, […]
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How a Reverend’s Hard Pioneer Life Inspired His Dark Christmastime Tales
Itinerant reverend and Western author Cyrus Townsend Brady related Christmas tales not necessarily for children.
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Roosevelt’s Drive to Break Up Utilities Brought Power to the People
In his first duel with Wendell Willkie, FDR campaigned against giant holding companies that soaked small electricity customers
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How Thanksgiving Evolved: Thanks to the Woman Who Wrote ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’ (Seriously!)
Give credit for the national holiday to a woman who wouldn’t give up.
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How Goebbels convinced German civilians to murder Allied airmen
A sinister plot by Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels turned civilians into brutal murderers targeting Allied airmen who parachuted into Germany
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Exchange’s ‘Chief Chat’ Broadcast to Host Medal of Honor Recipients Throughout November
Throughout the month of November, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service will be […]
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Women of War
From Cleopatra to Elizabeth and Njinga to Meir, strong women have proved every bit as resolute as their male counterparts.
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Book Review: Dorwart’s History of the ONI
Jeffrey Dorwart’s in-depth history of the Office of Naval Intelligence draws on archival material, memoirs and gripping interviews
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Hitler Hoped to Destroy London With His V3 Supergun
Germany built a vast subterranean complex in Mimoyecques, France, to house their secret weapon.