History of the Lone Star State connects the prominent dots and tells stories of the lesser known.
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Biggin Hill’s 1,000
Leave was out of the question. The tension and realization of what was about to happen was clearly etched on the pilots’ faces. Those left off the duty roster expressed their bitter disappointment as the first weather reports came in. Three hundred pounds sterling was up for grabs, but more important for the pilots stationed at Biggin Hill on the morning of May 15, 1943, the magic number was 1,000.
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The Hurel-Dubois and Maurice Hurel
Since the first bird-watching human thought of trying a little flying of his own, […]
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Flak-Bait: The Ultimate Survivor
Employees of the Glenn L. Martin Company rolled the B-26B Marauder that would soon […]
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Green Regiment Takes Unjust Blame for Union Loss of Harpers Ferry
IInexperienced 126th New York mustered in three weeks before it surrendered on eve of Antietam
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The Young Warhorse at Belleau Wood
Everard Bullis was just 21 years old when his U.S. Marine Corps regiment entered what he called the “Big Fight” at Belleau Wood.
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The Tragedy of Guernica
George Steer was born in South Africa in 1909 and went on to study […]
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Lessons Learned at the Battle of Malvern Hill, 1862
By month’s end in June 1862 a Confederate general loathed for having lost what […]
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Daily Quiz for February 18, 2020
The “Lost Cause” myth of the Civil War was started by this 1866 book.
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: San Antonio Doctor Had a Batty Idea for Controlling Malaria
Charles Campbell believed in the winged mammals’ voracious appetite for mosquitoes