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The Airliner That Went to War
But for the intervention of WWII, Curtiss-Wright’s big CW-20 might have displaced the Douglas […]
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Seven of History’s Most Notorious Wartime Propagandists
Here are the stories of seven spinmeisters who earned notoriety by altering reality and twisting the facts.
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Hardware | S-75 Dvina
Like many weapons used during the Vietnam War, the Soviet-made S-75 Dvina (NATO reporting […]
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Interview: Edward Humes / How WWII Vets Reinvented America
The GI Bill made college education and home ownership a reality for a new U.S. middle class.
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Conversation with Gerhard Weinberg: What We Still Have to Learn about the War
Gerhard Weinberg is one of America’s leading historians of World War II. In 1958, […]
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Battle at Dong Xoai: ‘Swarming Over the Walls’
In 1965, a powerful Viet Cong force threatened to annihilate a Green Beret base at Dong Xoai
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From Norway To Vietnam: The Nasty Class Patrol Boat
The PT boats of World War II were no longer in use, but the Nasty, with its similar dimensions and performance, was ideal—and immediately available.
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Vietnam Book Review: The Tet Offensive- A Concise History
The Tet Offensive: A Concise History By James H. Willbanks, Columbia University Press, New […]
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Vietnam Book Review: Wiring Vietnam
Wiring Vietnam: The Electronic Wall by Anthony J. Tambini. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Md., 2007, […]