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American Hotspur
Among the ranks of history’s unheralded officers, William Montrose Graham earned remembrance for his […]
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Last Battle on the Great Wall
In 1933, in a surreal clash of ancient and modern weaponry, Chinese troops sought to defend the Great Wall from the combined forces of the Imperial Japanese Army
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1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing: ‘The BLT Building Is Gone!’
The 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut killed 241 U.S. military personnel and was a harbinger of a vicious new era in terrorism
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How Zachary Taylor’s Death Changed the Course of American History
All of the land that Mexico owned north of the Rio Grande River was […]
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Custer’s First Last Stand
Almost every American school kid is familiar with the story of Custer’s Last Stand, […]
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Over the Hump
In 1942, the U.S. Army Air Forces’ brand-new Air Transport Command began running the […]
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Photo Op: The Secrets Behind a Remarkable Photograph
James F. Gibson’s photo of four Union officers in the Army of the Potomac’s […]
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Dramatis Personae of the U.S. Navy
John Paul Jones (1747-1792) He never commanded a major fleet and lost his flagship […]
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The Advancement of U.S. Naval Ship Design
Confederacy (1778-1783) Authorized by the Continental Congress in 1776, the Confederacy (36) was one […]