He was the first Hispanic American general in the U.S. Army.
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The EB-66 Destroyer: A Life-Saving Intelligence Aircraft
The EB-66 ensured the survival of hundreds of American air crews as it mapped and jammed Hanoi’s SAM radars.
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This Panther Pilot’s Combat Mission Was So Secret He Couldn’t Talk About it For 40 Years
Royce Williams shot down four Soviet MiG-15s in one day during the Korean War—but was told to keep silent about it. Fifty years later he received the Navy Cross.
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How Gen. Ridgway Saved the 82nd Airborne From a Suicide Mission in Rome
Ridgway knew he couldn’t stay silent about a plan that would sacrifice his troops.
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They Were Told to Wait. They Didn’t — and Saved Dozens of Marines
Tankers bounced along at breakneck speed to save fellow Marines.
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A Howitzer Up a Hill
Troops of B Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), move […]
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Jewish Soldier Who Fled Austria to Fight Against Hitler as a US ‘Ritchie Boy’ Dies at 98
Maximilian Lerner was one of the last living members of the elite interrogation group and was a member of the OSS.