In 1775, the Royal Navy’s cruel attack backfired, spurring on the American colonies’ nascent […]
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Reaching for the Sky
After breaking records and gender barriers in the Luftwaffe, two female pilots compete to […]
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The Emperor’s Tipping Point
Forget Waterloo: Napoleon’s decline was clearly signaled by his failures at the Battle of Eylau eight years earlier.
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The Sword and the Pen
In 1884 Ulysses S. Grant was bankrupt and battling terminal cancer. Then Mark Twain made him an offer he couldn’t refuse
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Vietnam Book Review: Fighting to Leave
Fighting to Leave: The Final Years of America’s War in Vietnam, 1972-1973 by Robert […]
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2,032 days of solitary in China
To this day Robert Flynn, a POW who spent more time in solitary confinement […]
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A Combat Medic’s Three-war Odyssey
In the first hours of the Tet Offensive, Wayne Slagel earned the second star […]
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In his 25 years as a fighter and a prisoner, ARVN officer Cau Le was a giant of soldiering
For 12 years, a diminutive South Vietnamese Army officer named Cau Le was in […]
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‘Stand to it, Boys’ A Buckeye brigade’s bravado on Chinn Ridge saves the Union Army from annihilation at Second Bull Run
At the Battle of McDowell McLean led the 25th Ohio and 75th Ohio in a daring attack up a steep hill to wrest away the tactical initiative from Jackson.
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Explore – Generals and Professors: The Virginia Military Institute
The Virginia Military Institute feels like a place untouched by time, and Lexington is associated with Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson.