Union possession of the most important ground on the Antietam battlefield came only after critical errors
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A Closer Look at the F-8E Crusader
A closer look at the F-8E Crusader, the last U.S. fighter plane with guns as its primary armament.
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The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History
Every half century or so comes a book in a particular field or area of history that is monumental, that immediately becomes the authority on that subject.
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Three Generations of Combat Veterans Soon to be Buried Side-by-Side
Three generations of veteran relatives are soon to be buried together at the Great […]
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Operation Tidal Wave: What Went Wrong With the US Attack on Romania in WWII?
A veteran of the B-24 raid on Ploesti tells the real story behind the costly mission.
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Giant of the Air Force Stood Tall in Korea and Vietnam
Korean War ace Robbie Risner emerged as a POW leader during the seven years he spent in North Vietnam’s infamous Hanoi Hilton
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‘So This Is War’—A Young Marine Officer’s Account of Days Before Pearl Harbor and the Stunning Start of Pacific Conflict
Robert D. Taplett missed Japan’s sneak attack but was there for Doolittle Raid.
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Build Your Own Rainbow
In 1943 the U.S. Army Air Forces urgently needed a long-range photoreconnaissance aircraft to track Japanese forces in the Pacific. Republic Aviation proposed the XF-12 for that role.
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Humble Hero: Hiroshi Miyamura
Against all odds, Japanese American U.S. Army Cpl. Hiroshi Miyamura received America’s highest decoration for military valor during the Korean War.
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The James Rifle
‘No better piece for breaching can be desired than the 42-pounder James.’ Brigadier General […]