Ho Chi Minh hoped the Americans would join him to fight the French.
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Spying with Balloons? It’s Been Done Before
The Chinese spy balloon making headlines as it drifts over the United States has historical precedents.
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The Little Boats that Could: This Vessel Did Yeoman’s Work for the US Navy During WWII
PT boats like the John F. Kennedy’s PT-109 performed all sorts of tasks.
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He Was 19 When He Crashed Over Vietnam. Now He’s Coming Home.
Door gunner Thomas F. Green, who vanished over the skies of Vietnam in 1971, has been found and will return to his hometown in 2023.
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Thousands of Hmong Fighters Died Fighting for the US in the Vietnam War. A New Memorial Will Honor Them.
The National Lao-Hmong Memorial will commemorate tens of thousands of ethnic Hmong who fought alongside the U.S. during the “Secret War.”
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How These World War II Admirals Died Battling At Sea
Even flag officer rank was no protection from the Grim Reaper in WWII Pacific combat.
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Let’s Debunk the 3 Biggest Myths of D-Day
Today we are breaking down fact from fiction, myth from verity.
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A Pulitzer Prize Winner Explores a ‘morally imperfect’ Abraham Lincoln
Jon Meacham’s latest presidential biography chronicles Lincoln’s moral struggles.
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During the Blitz, the UK Had a Secret Weapon Against German Raids: Carrots
To protect the secret of the Dowding radar system the U.K. government hatched a plot so ludicrous, so ingenious that it had the potential to actually work.
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How The ‘French 75’ Started A Revolution in Field Artillery
The Matériel de 75mm Mle 1897 fired more than 16 million shells at the 1916 Battle of Verdun alone.