The sinking of this ship caused the greatest loss of life at sea, from a single ship, in the history of the US Navy.
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Would a Shark Attack Victim be Eligible for a Purple Heart?
Determining eligibility for the Purple Heart continues to be controversial.
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Mystery Ship: January 2020
Colomban MC-15 Cri-Cri Conceived in the early 1970s by French aeronautical engineer Michel Colomban, the […]
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Daily Quiz for October 17, 2019
Abraham Lincoln came under enemy fire at this Civil War fort.
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Daily Quiz for October 16, 2019
In Nazi Germany, members of the SS attempted to restart worship of this goddess.
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MHQ Crossword Puzzle #1: Civil War Conjuror
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Forgotten First Flight Across the South Atlantic
It took three floatplanes and 79 days, but a pair of Portuguese airmen succeeded in crossing the South Atlantic by air five years before Lindbergh’s famous flight
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Marines Were on the Front Lines the Night Lincoln Was Shot
Leathernecks witnessed the assassination and played a role in the roundup of the conspirators
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Washington’s Survival Depended on Makeshift Flotilla
Small force of Navy ships battled Confederate guns to keep the Potomac open for traffic
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What We Learned From…The Battle of Mollwitz, 1741
Frederick invaded Silesia, Maria Theresa dispatched a 20,000-man army under Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg to eject him, and the War of the Austrian Succession was on