On trial for murder in April 1872, the imposing Cherokee Zeke Proctor and his supporters took on the rival Beck family and a federal posse in a gunfight in front of Judge Blackhaw Sixkiller.
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Five TBM Avenger Bombers Lost in the Bermuda Triangle
A re-examination of the probable fate of five TBM Avengers that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle during a routine training mission.
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Long Life of Hudson’s Bay Company
For nearly 150 years, the royally chartered Hudson’s Bay Company battled Frenchmen, Canadians, Indians, mixed bloods and Scots for control of the lucrative fur trade in the Great White North.
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Interview: Robert Felgar / WWII Eighth Air Force’s 379th Bomb Group Member
Robert Felgar’s Eighth Air Force missions in the flak-filled skies over occupied France ended abruptly when he was shot down and captured. In a German POW camp, the aviator endured such hardships and perils as attack dogs, unheated winter barracks and jam made from coal.
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Bonnie & Clyde’s Revenge on Eastham
Clyde Barrow knew Eastham prison farm well, and considered it to be a ‘hell hole.’ With some of his partners in crime, including Bonnie Parker, the ex-convict hatched a plan to gain a measure of revenge against the hated facility.
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Tet Offensive: Inside MACV Headquarters
As General William Westmoreland’s chief of staff at the time of the 1968 Tet Offensive, Maj. Gen. Walter ‘Dutch’ Kerwin had a key seat with the military inner circle during one of the most critical events of the war.
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Aviation History: Schneider Trophy Race
Between 1913 and 1931, the Schneider Trophy race inspired some of aviation’s greatest designers to devote their talents to building the world’s fastest floatplane.
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Tet Offensive: 7th Infantry Regiment in Saigon
During the Tet Offensive in 1968, the 7th Infantry Regiment fought a World War II-style urban battle in the South Vietnamese capital.
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Battle of the Wilderness With General Robert E. Lee
As the Union army crossed the Rapidan River to commence its powerful 1864 spring offensive, Confederate General Robert E. Lee scrambled to divine his enemy’s intentions. But not even Lee could fully pierce the fog of war.
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Buffalo Soldiers in Utah Territory
At Fort Duchesne, black 9th Cavalry troops served alongside white infantrymen while dealing with the sometimes restless Ute Indians and the wild and woolly Duchesne Strip.