“Dazzle ships” took off during the First World War but didn’t go much farther.
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Thomas Hughes, Vietnam War Advisor And Foreign Policy Expert, Dies At Age 97
“Politically, people can’t understand why we would run grave risks to support a country which is totally unable to put its own house in order,” wrote Hughes, suggesting U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam.
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Jeff Daniels’ Real-Life Gettysburg Connection
The actor, who won acclaim for his role as Joshua Chamberlain in the film “Gettysburg,” found a personal connection to the event in PBS’ “Finding Your Roots.”
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Don’t Blame Billy the Kid’s Mom for His Outlaw Lifestyle—He Was Always Going to Be Bad
Catherine McCarty Antrim did all she could to protect and raise both of
her sons—Billy, the future outlaw, and Joe, the future forgotten brother.
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Who Was the First Man to Tame the Mighty Mississippi?
James Buchanan Eads spent his life on the might river, and his greatest accomplishment was to bridge it.
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The DUKW Amphibious Truck: A Workhorse For Ferrying Troops and Supplies
The DUKW supported Allied amphibious landings on all fronts, including on D-Day.
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Silent Wings
The idea behind glider assaults was that the Leathernecks could use the unpowered craft as an element in amphibious assaults.
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The Flight of the Refugees: How War Impacts Civilians
Civilians are often passed over in war films — depicted running away in the background, nameless, rootless, ephemeral. Photographs like this remind us that no matter what war, nation or century they might come from, no matter in what image they might appear, they are just like us.