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Edwin Booth Saved Robert Todd Lincoln’s Life

by HistoryNet Staff6/12/20068/4/2016

A Lincoln family incident during the Civil War became a remarkable snippet of assassination lore.

Interview: Retired Brig. General Robert L. Scott / WWII Ace Pilot and Hero

by HistoryNet Staff6/12/20066/11/2024

A Radio Tokyo broadcast revealed to Colonel Robert L. Scott how effective his 23rd Fighter Group was. ‘They were making the point that we were weak because we only had 500 planes,’ said Scott. ‘At that time we had only 35!’

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Robert Fromme Recalls the Death of Staff Sgt. Charles M. Andujar During the Vietnam War

by HistoryNet Staff6/12/20068/5/2016

Every name on the Wall represents a story — sometimes survivors just take years to tell it. So it was for Staff Sgt. Charles M. Andujar’s story.

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World War II: Who is the Face in the Surf In Robert Capa’s Photo from ‘Bloody Omaha.’

by kholland6/12/20062/13/2019

For 60 years Hu Riley has believed that he was the mystery soldier struggling through the surf in Robert Capa’s iconic image from ‘Bloody Omaha.’ There is a good case to be made.

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Robert Smalls: Commander of the Planter During the American Civil War

by HistoryNet Staff6/12/20068/8/2016

When opportunity knocked, an imaginative Charleston slave sailed himself, his family, and some friends to freedom — and set to work for the Union cause.

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Interview: Robert Felgar / WWII Eighth Air Force’s 379th Bomb Group Member

by HistoryNet Staff6/12/20066/11/2024

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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