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17th Maine Infantry in the Battle of Gettysburg
The 17th Maine helped transform a Gettysburg wheatfield into a legend.
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Immigrants: The Last Time America Sent Her Own Packing
A Depression-era crackdown on illegal immigrants even banished some native-born Americans. Mexicans and Mexican-Americans were especially hard-hit by the roundups.
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Battle of Antietam: 7th Maine’s Senseless Charge On the Piper Farm
It had no effect on the battle — other than adding to the casualty […]
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Battle to Control Carentan During World War II
General Omar Bradley knew he had to have Carentan. The crossroads town of some […]
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Peter Francisco: American Revolutionary War Hero
Young ‘giant’ Peter Francisco was the most renowned common soldier in the Continental Army — and possibly in the entire history of the U.S. Army.
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General Nelson Miles and the Expedition to Capture Geronimo
General Nelson Miles summoned Lieutenant Charles Gatewood to Albuquerque in July 1886 and ordered the reluctant veteran of the Apache wars to go find the elusive Chiricahua leader down in the mountains of Mexico.
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Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale: Vietnam War Hero and Indomitable Spirit at the Hanoi Hilton
As author Joseph Conrad wrote in his great book Lord Jim, ‘A certain readiness […]
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1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry in the Battle of Hoa Hoi
The 9th Cavalry’s Blue Team had found the NVA’s 18th Regiment. Now it was up to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry, to ‘fix’ them and finish them off.
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Sioux Chief Gall
Soldiers gave the Hunkpapa leader his nickname because he was a dashing warrior who effectively teamed up with Sitting Bull in the 1870s. But after his surrender in 1881, Gall stood up for cooperation and peace at Standing Rock.