The chubby fighter was recovered from Papua New Guinea, where it had been abandoned by the Army Air Forces in September 1944.
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The Private History of a Campaign That Failed, by Mark Twain
Mark Twain’s account of the two whole weeks he spent as a Confederate soldier, fighting for the South in the Civil War.
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Korea’s Game of Thrones: How Three Kingdoms Fought a Constant War for Ultimate Power
Locked in constant war, three ancient kingdoms waged a desperate political struggle to create the first unified Korea.
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Murder! Looting! Fraud! Wartime London’s Crime Blitz Had it All
London’s wartime chaos provided ample opportunity for lawbreakers.
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Cannon Fire and Cotton Candy: The 125th Anniversary Reenactment of Gettysburg
The inside story of the epic 1988 Gettysburg reenactment.
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The Times They Are A-Changin’
This image, likely taken in the 1850s, shows a young shoemaker sitting at his […]
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Mystery Ship: Can you identify this eccentric-looking civil airplane?
Donald Douglas had a lot of successful airplanes. The Cloudster II was not one of them. (Neither was the Cloudster I.)
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Made in America: The M3 Tank Was Better Suited for the Pacific Theater
This tank was an upgrade, but it still had flaws.
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He Was Shot in the Head Over Booze in this Prohibition State. His Killers Walked Free.
A North Dakota community rose up in rage and sorrow as its newspaper condemned ‘the most atrocious crime’ in county history.
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This Soviet Bomber was designed in a prison camp
The USSR built more than 11,000 of these airplanes.