Alvin C. York, the man, and Sergeant York, the legend from the movie starring Gary Cooper, were quite similar in many ways
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Robert E. Lee Jr. Encounters His Father on the Battlefield
‘You all must do what you can to help drive these people back.’
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A Marine at Guadalcanal
As they moved through the jungle, Roy H. Elrod and his men experienced some of World War II’s most savage combat conditions
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‘You Have to Do or Die’
Fridtjof Nansen gained worldwide fame as a polar explorer. Then he took on a wartime refugee crisis
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How a Concert Singer and a Gynecologist Altered the Course of Contraceptives in the US
In 1961, Connecticut posed a unique problem for Planned Parenthood: the state still had on its books twin statutes passed in 1879. One outlawed use of any contraceptive device like the pill. The other made it a crime to “assist, abet, or counsel” anyone on the use of such devices.
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Tragedies of War Scarred All Sides in Vietnam
When it comes to war histories, the Vietnam War and World War I are […]
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Interview: Jeffry D. Wert / Victory Makers
Mosby, Custer, and Lee have been the focus of some of Jeffry Wert’s previous nine books, but in his latest volume he leaves the front lines to take a larger look at the conflict.
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Daily Quiz for November 20, 2018
The first Victoria Cross of World War II was awarded to this man
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Book Review: Civil War Petersburg / Confederate City in the Crucible of War
Civil War Petersburg: Confederate City in the Crucible of War by A. Wilson Greene […]
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ACW Book Review: Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862
Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862 by O. Edward Cunningham Savas Beatie, El […]