Al-Qaida’s attack against the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Cole occurred 20 years ago, but […]
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Race Riot at Sea: 1972 Kitty Hawk Incident Fueled Fleet-Wide Unrest
The ship was a powder keg awaiting a fuse to be lit. And that came on Oct. 11, when racial unrest triggered the worst shipboard riot in U.S. Navy history.
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Airfix Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
An important part of any collection of “Battle of Britain” aircraft, the retooled Airfix Hawker Hurricane Mk. I is an excellent choice.
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Evolution of the Air Force’s AC-130 Gunship
Based on Lockheed’s four-engine turboprop transport and weaponized by Boeing, the deadly AC-130 “aerial battleship” had humble beginnings.
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Upcoming WWII Series from Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks Inks Star Director
Envisioned as the final installment in the trilogy of the HBO-produced miniseries “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific”
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Black Force Recon Marine, Battlefield Commission, Vietnam War Hero … Snubbed for the Medal of Honor?
At the end of March 1967, Marine 2nd Lt. Jim Capers stepped off on […]
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Book Review: Wrecked Lives and Lost Souls
Jerry Thompson profiles outlaw Joe Lynch Davis, a catalyst of Oklahoma’s bloody Porum Range War — and the author’s grandfather
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Book Review: The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson relates the heroic saga of Winston Churchill’s Britain during the 1940–41 Nazi Blitz
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Were All Troops Sent to the Pacific Theater Forced to Take Quinacrine?
Malaria was a silent yet deadly killer in World War II. That didn’t make the preventative medicine issued to troops any easier to swallow.
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‘Bite it in vain’: The Ancient Greeks Prove that Military Humor Transcends Millennia
Military humor transcends millennia, apparently. From phallic graffiti, courtesy of some bored Roman soldier, […]