Any resemblance to the Napoleonic example was purely coincidental. It is not without reason […]
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Daily Quiz for February 23, 2018
After purchasing his freedom, former slave Samuel Green was imprisoned in Maryland from 1857-1862 for this offense.
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Dispatches from Saigon
‘Old hacks’ return to their Saigon haunts for a last hurrah 35 years after […]
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Kids Can Kill Too
An observation plane pilot’s chilling encounter epitomized the perils and uncertainties of warfare in […]
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The War’s Final Firefight – the Mayaguez Incident
The desperate and confused battle triggered by the Mayaguez incident was a disturbing finale […]
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Smashing Sanctuaries in Cambodia
When Charlie Company crossed the border, its troops couldn’t imagine they would be the […]
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Vietnam News- August 2010
Vietnam Vets First to Spot Times Square Car Bomb On May 1, two Times […]
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Mary Mann Hamilton: Delta Pioneer Woman
Roughing it along the Mississippi River through the eyes of a woman who lived it.
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Hallowed Ground | Tippecanoe Battlefield Park, Indiana
Just northeast of Purdue University lies Tippecanoe Battlefield Park, offering a window to a time when disparate peoples struggled to dominate Indiana’s forests and prairies
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What We Learned From…Retreat of the 24th ID, 1950
As North Korean tanks rampaged through the streets of Taejon, South Korea, in mid-July 1950, a tall American officer led his unit’s tanks in the destruction of enemy armor and personally took out one tank with a hand grenade