When the secession crisis evolved into civil war in the spring of 1861, most of the men in the U.S. Army’s officer ranks had one thought: Get home and serve the government of their allegiance.
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Media Digest | The Every Day Courage of Grunts in Vietnam
Part photographic history, part battle anthology, Brutal Battles of Vietnam emerged from VFW magazine’s award-winning Vietnam series. The result is a visually spectacular, year-by-year account of the bloodiest battles waged by American forces in Vietnam
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A New Charge: Artist Mark Bradford’s “Pickett’s Charge” Reinterprets Gettysburg’s Famous Cyclorama
The most trying events of history have often produced stirring and important art, and the Civil War was no exception. Out of that conflict arose French artist Paul Philippoteaux’s monumental cyclorama painting of the Battle of Gettysburg, which took more than a year to complete and was unveiled to wide acclaim in 1883.
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Daily Quiz for January 16, 2018
Janis Joplin played her first live professional concert here.
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This Bizarre Dragonfly Airplane Actually Flew Fine
Although Miles Aircraft’s odd-looking Libellula flew well, British officials swatted it down. The conventional […]
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Daily Quiz for January 15, 2018
The youngest person to pitch a major league baseball game was this age.
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The Last Seiran
The sole surviving Aichi M6A1 floatplane bomber has been restored to fighting trim.
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Britain’s Javelin Misses the Mark
The RAF’s only delta-wing fighter was also Gloster’s swan song. “A loud bang followed […]
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Daily Quiz for January 14, 2018
This was the first vitamin complex isolated from its source.
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Build Your Own Aichi M6A1 Seiran
The Tamiya Plastic Model Company of Japan produces two kits of the Aichi M6A1 […]