Captain John Cromwell U.S. Navy Medal of Honor Caroline Islands Nov. 19, 1943 In […]
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What We Learned: from the Mayaguez Incident
U.S. military prestige was at an ebb in 1975. Its war in Vietnam had […]
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Conversation Piece: J.E.B. The Inventor
In October 1859, while serving as a U.S. Army lieutenant, J.E.B. Stuart filed for and eventually received U.S. Patent #25,684: “Improved Method of Attaching Sabers to Belts.”
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Hunley’s Harrowing Mission
Eight committed crewmen crowded into the Confederacy’s revolutionary submersible for its first operation, it would also be its last.
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Delta Dreamer: What Made His Aircraft So Unusual?
Artist-engineer Alexander Lippisch conceived more than 50 radical aircraft designs, including the Nazis’ rocket-powered Me-163.
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A Brief History of the M14 Rifle
The M14 was the standard infantry rifle for all Army and Marine units that deployed to Vietnam in 1965.
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Stephen Foster’s Civil War
In his heyday he was America’s foremost popular composer. Then the demons caught up with him.
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Meade in Allegory: The general’s Washington, D.C., memorial took years to complete
In 1969 construction workers in Washington, D.C. disassembled and removed a large, marble statue of Civil War general Union Maj. Gen. George G. Meade.
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Daily Quiz for February 6, 2018
Although Sam Walton opened his first Walmart store in Arkansas, he was born in this state.
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Hallowed Ground: La Fière Causeway, Normandy
The Merderet River, near the town of Sainte-Mère- Église in Normandy, France, does not […]