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Smashing Sanctuaries in Cambodia
When Charlie Company crossed the border, its troops couldn’t imagine they would be the […]
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General James F. Hollingsworth
A brash tank commander for Patton in WWII who never let up in Vietnam. […]
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From Torching to Teaching
Marine Combined Action Platoons won hearts and minds—and some ferocious battles—deep inside enemy strongholds. […]
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NVA Sketchbook’s Long Strange Trip
Lost in a bloody fight during Tet 1968, a captured NVA fighter’s sketchbook chronicle […]
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M24 Chaffee
The M24’s mobility, maneuverability and hefty armament made it ideal for reconnaissance and troop support
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ACW Review: Shenandoah
Shenandoah (1965) Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen “These are my sons. They don’t belong […]
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ACW Book Review: Battlefield Sniper
Battlefield Sniper: Over 100 Civil War Kills by Lt. Col. Tom McKenney, Pen and […]
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FILM RECON: “The Millionaires’ Unit” review
SNAPSHOT: The Millionaires’ Unit is an engaging documentary about the First Yale Unit, a group […]
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George Mabry: In Rare Company
American soldier, George Mabry, also saw hard combat in Europe and, while hardly a household name, certainly distinguished himself among the 8 million–man U.S. Army of World War II. Indeed, by some measures he was the second most decorated soldier of the war