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People Archives:U.S. Presidents

Photo of Barbara Robbins in South Vietnam, enjoys a day with friend Bill McDonald on a rented fishing boat off the coast of Nha Trang in fall 1964.

This Young Woman Was the First CIA Agent Killed in Vietnam

by Cathryn J. Prince12/13/202212/13/2022
yorktown-redoubt

He Fought With Washington At The Siege Of Yorktown—And Wrote About The Experience

by Joseph Plumb Martin12/13/20223/15/2023

What Is The History of Eggnog?

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher12/9/202212/9/2022
Photo of Richard E. Cavazos

Fort Hood Renamed: Meet Richard E. Cavazos

by Doug Sterner12/5/202212/5/2022
The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy: Weak Power, Great Power, Superpower, Hyperpower book cover.

Book Review: The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy / Weak Power, Great Power, Superpower, Hyperpower

by Mike Oppenheim11/29/20224/29/2024
Major General Grenville Dodge

The Civil War’s Most Interesting General

by Judith Wilmot11/29/20224/19/2023
Meeting of Lincoln's cabinet

Book Review: Ways and Means / Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War

by Rick Beard11/28/20224/29/2024
The Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 book cover art.

Book Review: The Abyss / The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

by Michael Dolan11/22/20224/26/2024
A narrow gap between the protestors and the riot police during a demonstration against the Vietnam War in Washington DC, 21st May 1972. 173 demonstrators were later arrested during a violent confrontation with the police. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

When Did the US Lose the Vietnam War? Here Are Some Dates

by Jerry D. Morelock11/17/20224/26/2024

The Grieving Mother Who Took the Vietnam War To LBJ

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher11/14/202211/15/2022

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