This model of rocket was used in the first manned vertical takeoff rocket flight.
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Rufus King: Popular General Whose Career Was Stigmatized by Illness
Accused of drunkenness at Second Bull Run even though evidence showed he suffered multiple epileptic seizures
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Civil War Times Book Review: Vicksburg, the Turning Point of the War
Grant learns from his mistakes and finds comrades in command in Porter and Sherman
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Women Who Have Taken Up Arms Throughout History
Throughout history women have taken up arms for all kinds of reasons. Here are the stories of eight who went to war—and why.
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Hero at Hastings?
When England’s King Edward the Confessor died on Jan. 5, 1066, it set off […]
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Daily Quiz for December 24, 2019
In 1958 Izola Ware Curry stabbed this civil rights leader.
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Would War or Weather Determine Control of Samoa?
When America flexed its imperial muscles in the South Pacific, a literal typhoon got in the way
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Daily Quiz for December 23, 2019
In 1960 this former Army Chief of the Staff published the book The Uncertain Trumpet.
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Daily Quiz for December 22, 2019
This was the first purpose-built all-original business plane.
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Daily Quiz for December 21, 2019
This was the code name for the Allied landing at Anzio.