Last year, federal archaeologists exhumed 67 bodies from Fort Craig, a Civil War-era fort […]
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Ripley’s Believe It or Not
John Ripley, a U.S. Marine captain serving as an adviser to the South Vietnamese marines, placed explosives under and blew up the Dong Ha bridge in March 1972, and stopped 20,000 NVA troops and 200 tanks from moving south to capture Saigon.
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Daily Quiz for June 30, 2009
Hal Moore’s book We Were Soldiers Once . . . And Young, which inspired a movie starring Mel Gibson, was an account of fighting in this location in Vietnam.
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Art of the West – Mick B. Harrison’s ‘Deadwood Freight’
South Dakota artist Mick Harrison’s ‘Deadwood Freight’ captures the down-and-dirty mining town in its 1870s heyday.
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Letter from Military History – April/May 2009
In an era of sophisticated electronic battlefield surveillance, does the tactical tradition of “surprise” cease to be relevant?
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Interview: Carlo D’Este / Winston Churchill
“The young, evolving Churchill was sure he would die early and had to accomplish […]
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Interview: Pete Hamill / WWII Heroes
Pete Hamill edited A. J. Liebling: World War II Writings, a 1,090-page anthology, including previously uncollected work, from the legendary New Yorker correspondent.
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Omar Bradley, the General’s General
Omar Bradley entered World War II as George Patton’s junior, but emerged as Patton’s commanding officer. Nevertheless, he found himself unable to emerge from the other man’s shadow. Bradley was inextricably bound to him.
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Claus Von Stauffenberg
Facts, information and articles about the Claus Von Stauffenberg, the man who tried to kill Adolf Hitler.