More than 70 years after the giant airship went down off the coast of […]
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Into the Air
Louis XVI appointed two of his courtiers to become France’s first air travelers. Just […]
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Mustang Mission to Achmer
Bob McCandless witnessed a double Me-262 kill before his P-51 was shot down in […]
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Ace in a Day
Major Archie G. Donahue shot down five aircraft on a single mission—twice.
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The Mourning Parents
World War I left millions of grief-stricken survivors. One of them, the German artist Kathe Kollwitz, whose son was killed in 1914, transformed her pain into an extraordinary memorial.
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Shot Down Over Rabaul
A Marine F4U-1 Corsair pilot, dodging enemy fire, paddled for his life.
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Empire Mine Turned Grass Valley Golden
Going below for California gold. Bearded prospectors, elbow to elbow, scratch the sands of […]
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Utah Uncovered: A Tale of Three Photos
A pioneer railroad man, an old mountain man and a prominent Indian chief are […]
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Jack Crabtree Soured On Annie and Baby
Mother then abandoned Carlotta. The Reno Evening Gazette of February 21, 1925, ran a […]
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The Gotha Bomber and the Origins of Strategic Bombing
It carried out the first blitz–and prepared England for the next one