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Truman’s Nightmare: U.S. Invasion of Japan, 1945-46
Daunting terrain and fanatical resistance threatened to take a horrific toll on GI invaders.
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A Study in Command: General Balck’s Chir River Battles, 1942
On World War II’s brutal Eastern Front, a German general fought one of history’s […]
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The Most Decorated Enlisted Sailor in Navy History
Remembering Willy Williams and a legendary lifetime of service
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When Pigs Fly
Five unlikely passengers add a surprising twist to a mundane chopper flight. I was […]
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Long Night on Hill 488
In June 1966, a Marine recon platoon, surrounded and vastly outnumbered, achieved one of […]
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Hunkering Down in a Place Called Khe Sanh
Few had ever heard of the embattled combat base when an Air Force reporter […]
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Assassination, Coup and Madame Nhu
Just three weeks before his own assassination, President John F. Kennedy laid the responsibility […]
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Battle Films: The Dirty Dozen
In director Robert Aldrich’s World War II film, The Dirty Dozen, the bad guys are the heroes—and the sentiment
is pure 1967.
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Camouflage: You Know It When You See It
From Khaki drab origins, camouflage has entered the realm of the invisible man. Camouflage […]