Nurse Nancy Hill’s reputation for sound judgment and bravery began in the chaotic days […]
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A Brave Tarheel
NAME: John Campbell Van Hook DATES: 1831-1910 ALLEGIANCE: Confederate HIGHEST RANK: Lieutenant colonel according […]
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Confederate Conscription Woes
Gloom, deepening by the week, had settled across the Confederacy as the winter of […]
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A War Movie in Disguise
World War II veterans saw themselves in this classic film’s leading man.
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Mystery Ship: November 2019
Can you identify this VTOL surveillance plane design?
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Mystery Ship: November 2019
The Lockheed XV-4 Hummingbird While the U.S. Air Force took control of virtually all […]
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Slaughter of the Stukas: Ace in a Day P-38 Pilot
When American P-38s covering a British naval force in the Aegean Sea encountered a group of attacking German Ju-87s, a massacre ensued.
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Daily Quiz for October 11, 2019
In 1832 President Andrew Jackson added this item, which is still in use today, to military rations.
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How Navy Hero Dorie Miller’s Bravery Helped Fight Discrimination in the U.S. Military
Dorie Miller, the first American hero of World War II, helped clear the way for others by doing what he was not allowed to do.
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The Mothman Who Flies 90-Year-Old Airplanes
The de Havilland airplane aficionado recently returned a 1928 Gipsy Moth to flight, adding to his existing flock of Moths.