Six smiling children pause during their dancing around a May Pole at a Washington, […]
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The First ‘Tourists’ of Yosemite
In our modern era planes and rental cars have placed much of the hidden […]
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Operation Table Tennis
Paratroopers land at Kamiri airstrip on Noemfoor Island on July 3, 1944, part of […]
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To the Rescue
A Soviet Polikarpov R-5, which served as a bomber and reconnaissance airplane in the […]
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V for Victory, Ya Hear?
Perhaps no one is more closely associated with the symbol than Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who picked up on the slogan that summer and started using the related gesture in public — though he got it backward.
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Is ‘Red Badge of Courage’ Based on Chancellorsville?
The image above is a still from the 1951 movie, the “Red Badge of […]
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Hell Comes to Chancellorsville
Union soldier Jacob M. Buroway describes in graphic detail his experience during the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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‘Oppenheimer’ Trailer Wrestles With Explosive Conclusion to WWII
The trailer for the film, in 186 seconds, manages to showcase both the brilliance and seeming arrogance of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) in the race to build a devastating weapon to compete with Axis forces.
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This Beechcraft Airliner Fell Victim to WWII Surplus Aircraft
This twin quad airliner just couldn’t compete.
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What Was the Concept Behind Fire Bases in Vietnam?
Similar to the 19th-century fort concept, fire support bases in Vietnam could reinforce each other across long distances with powerful effects.