The American frigate saw action against the French and Barbary pirates before falling into British hands amid the War of 1812
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Flight of the Yellow Bird and the First Transatlantic Stowaway
Three Frenchmen were in for a surprise when they took off from Maine’s Old Orchard Beach on a transatlantic flight attempt to Paris in 1929.
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Book Review: Massacre in Minnesota
Gary Clayton Anderson shares a new perspective on the roots of the 1862 Dakota War
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‘That’s jest a good shootin’ distance’: Five American Snipers of the Great War
Five snipers whose grit, tenacity, and skill showcased the “Doughboys” of World War I.
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Book Review: The Tango War
Mary Jo McConahay explores the shadowy world of covert operations in Latin America during World War II
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Wheels of War
From its playful origin as a “dandy horse” for idle Europeans, the bicycle has taken on increasingly serious military applications
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Did the United States Lose the Vietnam War?
Did the Vietnam War end in victory or defeat? Erik Villard takes a detailed look at this question.
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Vicksburg: Where Grant Learned How to Win the War
An little-discussed factor was the social revolution that preceded Vicksburg’s surrender—the destruction of the plantation oligarchy and the liberation of 100,000 slaves.
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Stars and Stripes Budget Slashed by Senate
The venerable Stars and Stripes—the newspaper serving U.S. service members since the Civil War—faces being stripped of its lifeblood of federal funding.
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Pickett’s Charge Hit Where It Was Aiming
Lee’s orders to Longstreet were to strike the Union line on the open slope of Cemetery Ridge (but Yankee guns interfered).