Strangely, the wealthy New Yorker had no love for pets or youngsters, just a moral abhorrence for maltreatment of living creatures.
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Germans and Russians Work Together to Discover Fates of War Dead
An exclusive interview by Military History magazine sheds light on historic bilateral cooperation between Russia and Germany.
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Two of World War II’s Greatest Codebreaking Achievements Shared a Remarkable Common Element
An improbable route took William F. Friedman from the study of plant genetics to a reputation as father of U.S. cryptology—one that made a huge impact on the war.
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This Daring Woman Became History’s First Female Fighter Ace
Soviet Air Forces Sr. Lt. Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak, known as the “White Lily of Stalingrad,” was history’s first female fighter ace.
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Hero Afghan Interpreter Gains U.S. Citizenship
In 2008 Shinwari helped save the lives of five U.S. soldiers
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Hollywood and Washington Make Mayhem Out of the Manhattan Project
Einstein, Oppenheimer and the wild first movie about the A-Bomb.
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Mosby’s Rangers: Legends on Horseback
The Partisan Rangers had a big hand in bringing the ‘Gray Ghost’ plenty of […]
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The Death of ‘Tailgunner Joe’ McCarthy
The gentleman from Wisconsin engendered at least as much discourse in death as in life.
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The Death Train
Peggy Hull was born Henrietta Eleanor Goodnough on a farm near Bennington, Kansas, in […]
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PBS Series Set to Examine Controversial Female Viking Warrior
Now in its 18th season, PBS’s ongoing limited series, Secrets of the Dead examines the […]