Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes hoped to capture in his grandfather’s war story in the World War I film “1917.”
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Interview: John Henry McCraken / Vicksburg
The Campaign That Confirmed Grant’s Greatness.
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Army Holder of the Top Three Awards for Valor in Combat: Robert Lewis Howard
Robert Lewis Howard was the only Army member in Vietnam to earn all three top combat decorations: Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star.
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In 1918, the U.S. Armed Its Forces With Shotguns—and Germany Launched a Diplomatic Protest
In the final year of World War I, the United States armed its forces on the Western Front with pump shotguns. Germany wasn’t pleased.
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Daily Quiz for December 3, 2019
This was the standard punishment in the Imperial Japanese Army for minor infractions.
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What Shouldn’t Be Seen
Hovering somewhere between oral history and crafted nonfiction, “Last Witnesses” by Svetlana Alexievich packs a devastating emotional punch
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Aboard Sultana, the Ill-Fated Civil War Troopship
‘I could see fire and hear groans and screams and seemen jumping in the […]
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‘A Silent Gloom Fell Upon Us Like a Pall’
Grieving over the loss of their commander in chief, Union soldiers worried that reconciliation […]
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Hurtling Toward the End
The April 6, 1865, Battle of Sailor’s Creek constituted one of the darkest days […]
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“Reconsider, Hell!”
Phil Sheridan’s single-minded pursuit of victory left a more cautious union general ruined after […]