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A Child’s Plea for Peace
This simple note addressed to President Richard Nixon in December 1970 is a very […]
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Last Surviving Nuremberg Prosecutor Dies at 103
Ferencz was the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials.
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Trailblazing Japanese-American Army General Dies at 93
Retired Brig. Gen. Theodore Shigeru Kanamine, was the first active-duty Japanese-American general in the U.S. Army.
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A Man, A Medal and What It Takes to Lead
“At that time I thought something happened and I might not get the medal,” Paris Davis said. “And I just completely forgot about it, I really did.”
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How Operation Homecoming Was Sprung into Action to Repatriate American POWs
No detail was too small to bring these American prisoners home.
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British Soldiers’ Heroism Went Unrecognized for Years. Then Came the Victoria Cross
By the mid-19th century, medals were a big deal across Europe—except in Britain. The Crimean War changed that.
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How the ‘Galloping Major’ of Australia Earned Both a Silver Star and a Victoria Cross
Major Peter Badcoe displayed daring courage and rallied his men on multiple occasions.
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US Spy Satellites Took Pictures of the Soviets in the 1960s. How Did the Film Get Back to Earth?
The C-119 wasn’t glamorous, but it served on the frontlines of the spy war against the Soviet Union.
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How North Korean Assassins Slipped By American Patrols and Almost Started a Coup
North Korea’s unconventional methods to undermine the South led to a deadly raid on the Blue House.