U.S. Navy yeoman Jack Adams witnessed the war in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway aboard the aircraft carrier Yorktown.
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Suez Crisis: Operation Musketeer
When Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, Britain, France and Israel conspired to seize it by force. The result was a fleeting military victory–and a lasting political disaster.
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Second Boer War
Although not regular soldiers, Australian Lancers, Mounted Rifles, Bushmen and other colonials from Down Under gave the Boers reason to worry.
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Ely Parker: Iroquois Chief and Union Officer
A lifelong friend and trusted aide of Ulysses S. Grant, Ely Parker rose to the top in two worlds, that of his native Seneca Indian tribe and the white man’s world at large. Through the Civil War and Reconstruction he strove to serve both worlds as best he could.
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Silas Soule: Massachusetts Abolitionist
Dedicated Massachusetts abolitionist Silas Soule ironically gave his life for the red man, not the black.
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Battle of Gaines’ Mill: U.S. Army Regulars to the Rescue
As Robert E. Lee hammered Federal forces at Gaines’ Mill, Brig. Gen. George Sykes proud division of Regulars held its post of honor on the Union right. The ‘Old Army was showing its mettle to the new.
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Union Captain Judson Kilpatrick
An unknown farm boy, he attended West Point. Homely, he had an endless string of mistresses. An inept commander, he became a major general. What was Judson Kilpatrick’s secret?
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The 7th U.S. Infantry Service in the American Civil War
The 7th U.S. Infantry’s most powerful foe was John Barleycorn.
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American Civil War: The New Bern Raid
John Wood’s swashbucklers set out to seize a Union fleet.
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Greybeards in Blue: George W. Kincaid and the 37th Iowa Infantry in America’s Civil War
George W. Kincaid, an eccentric Iowa farmer, raisesd a regiment of old-timers, the 37th Iowa Infantry, with hopes of one day leading them into battle.