Laying down his sword to Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos, a weeping Onoda became one of the last Japanese soldiers from World War II to surrender—nearly three decades after war’s end.
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Plenty of Fight Left: The Vicksburg Campaign
Thanks to Timothy B. Smith, the past decade has been a good one for […]
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Hell and High Water: The USS Barb
Eugene Fluckey threw out the operating manual to become one of the deadliest American submarine commanders in the Pacific during World War II. His sub USS Barb sank ships, shelled factories and even blew up a train.
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Aviation History Book Review: Squadron 303
Arkady Fiedler, a Polish-born writer of popular travelogues, reached his zenith as a wordsmith when he chronicled the impressive early exploits of free Polish fighter pilots flying with the Royal Air Force in the historic air battle to save Britain in the summer of 1940.
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Night Rescue on Tiger Mountain
Volunteers risked it all to save their 7th Cavalry comrades in the A Shau Valley
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Largest WWII-Era Bomb Found in Poland Explodes During Attempt to Diffuse it
On October 13 the largest WWII bomb ever found in Poland, a “Tallboy” weighing […]
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Samuel Adams: Puritan. Patriot. Protester.
This Founding Father and Boston businessman knew what it meant to take it to the streets.
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Little Mac on the Move
Primary accounts dispel General McClellan’s supposed inactivity at Antietam.
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Facebook to Ban Holocaust Denial Posts, Reverses Earlier Decision
Facebook is updating its hate speech policy. Just two years ago, founder and chief […]
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How a 1948 Economic Downturn Nearly Ruined the Movie Industry
When Hollywood and its hoopla encountered a new set of hoops