Over an illustrious 20-year career, FBI agent Robert K. Wittman recovered an estimated $300 million worth of stolen artworks and historical relics. Notably, these included many precious Civil War artifacts which preserve for all of us the memory of America’s greatest struggle.
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WWII Review: Amsterdam in WWII
One current image of Amsterdam is as a kind of Dutch Sodom, a tulip- […]
A Gritty City That Armed America
Decades ago, when I sailed my small sloop from Richmond, California, into San Francisco […]
Mud and Mayhem on Okinawa
In the grisly battle for Okinawa, 2,662 marines would be killed or wounded taking a tiny hill named Sugar Loaf.
First Blood for the Army Rangers at Dieppe
The attack on Dieppe was a fiasco. But it was where the U.S. Special […]
Christmas in Wartime
Amid shortages, rationing, separation, and grief, Americans fought to keep the yuletide spirit alive. […]
Blood and Butchery in the Crimea
Long months spent in the trenches during the siege of Sevastopol convinced a French […]
The Champagne Campaign
The meticulously planned invasion of southern France and the unassuming commander who led it were largely overlooked in the wake of the Normandy landings.
The Year Air Power Came of Age
In 1917 over Flanders fields, a fundamental shift in the airplane’s role signaled its […]
Frontier Royalty: A French general was right at home leading Texas troops to victory in the Red River Campaign
Unlike the other Confederate officers, Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac, had a European aristocratic bearing, something unfamiliar to Texans.
