The Day the Music Died If you’ve seen the film La Bamba or heard […]
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Raeburn Van Buren’s Big Break
Illustrator Raeburn Van Buren cheered up his fellow doughboys on the Western Front as art editor of ‘The Gas Attack’ magazine.
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T. E. Lawrence War Photographer
Helping lead the Arab Revolt against the Ottomans in 1916-18, the man who would become known as Lawrence of Arabia took considerable pride in his abilities with a camera
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The Mourning Parents
World War I left millions of grief-stricken survivors. One of them, the German artist Kathe Kollwitz, whose son was killed in 1914, transformed her pain into an extraordinary memorial.
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High-Tech Devices Enabled U.S. Forces to Keep Tabs on the Enemy in Vietnam
New technologies proved crucial in America’s fight against the Viet Cong.
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The Nazi Marauder
Germany built a ship that could outgun anything it couldn’t outrun. In 1940 it started hunting its prey
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Respect Earned Through Blood: Black Troops Shatter Stereotypes
On June 15, 1864, at Petersburg, Va., African American troops captured Confederate forts and defeated stereotypes.
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Daily Quiz for October 16, 2018
On 10 January 1923 American troops were ordered home from this country.
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Questions about Diseases in the California Gold Rush
I have a few questions about the history of California and the pneumonia epidemic […]