During World War I an ambitious newspaper correspondent made it his mission to cover the fighting on what he called “the roof of the world”
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She Just Became the Youngest Woman to Fly Solo Around the World
Zara Rutherford set a record when she flew around the world in 155 days.
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“Any Kind Of Writing Is Cathartic”: Why Former Naval Aviator Don Purdy Uses Poetry to Describe His War in Vietnam
Purdy spoke with Vietnam magazine about his writing and artwork and how they give form to the echoes of warfare that might seem impossible to express
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Special Operations Legend John Singlaub Has Died at the Age of 100
Retired Army Maj. Gen. John Singlaub was a decorated veteran of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, and legendary special operator
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Transporting Troops And Evacuating Babies, Pan Am Was in Vietnam From Beginning To End
Pan American World Airways was part of major historical events that engulfed the United States during the Vietnam War
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How Quick Thinking Saved the First Airliner to Break the Sound Barrier
In August 1961 a crew of Douglas Aircraft test pilots proved the new DC-8’s worth by diving it through the speed of sound
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‘Spooky’ Gunship Operations in the Vietnam War
With their flares and their miniguns and cannon, fixed-wing gunships not only illuminated the battlefield, they dominated it as well
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When His Sister Came to Vietnam, This Door Gunner Left the Central Highlands For a Rare Family Reunion
Michael Kelley of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) had a brief respite from combat duty visiting his sister at Nha Trang near the South China Sea.
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Meet the Tech Visionary Who Started the U.S. Air Force, Built Phone Networks, and Invented Muzak
In the early 1900s, George Owen Squier saw the future better than anyone else in the U.S. Army
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Was the Making of ‘Tora! Tora! Tora!’ Cursed?
Twentieth Century Fox wanted it to be “the most spectacular film ever made.” It may have been that — and more