When the Germans broke through in the Ardennes, one Eisenhower decision saved the day for the Allies. But another prevented them from achieving total victory.
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“How To Deal With Sappers”: The Twin Battles of Firebase Six-Shooter
The U.S. Marines fought two harrowing battles with North Vietnamese sappers launching stealth attacks on their firebase.
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Aviation History Briefing- May 2011
Australian’s Remains and Spitfire Recovered When Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lieutenant Henry Lacy […]
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The Aircraft Boneyard of AMARG
The world’s second-largest air force stretches wing to wing across four square miles of Arizona desert.
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The Battle Between President Nixon And General Abrams
Presidential confidence in the MACV leader had deteriorated and would continue to erode
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Interview: Frank J. Williams / Lincoln Lodestar
Frank Williams grew up in Cranston, R.I., and rose to serve as chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. He de-stresses by baking, cooking, and writing, but his most longstanding hobby is collecting items related to Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War.
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Daily Quiz for October 14, 2017
This ship was the last all big gun heavy cruiser in the world.
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Books in Brief | The Sacred Willow
The Sacred Willow, Mai Elliott, Oxford University Press, 1999, 2017 “Looking back over this […]
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Arsenal | M19 60 mm Mortar
The 1st and 2nd platoons of B Company, 9th Marine Regiment, attacked North Vietnamese […]
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Jim Nelson
The vibrant layers of Nelson’s paintings conceal Indian symbols of spiritual significance