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Topic Archives:Military History

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The Top 10 One-Eyed Commanders of All-Time

by Jon Guttman6/20/20236/20/2023
Photo of Infantrymen of the U.S. 4th Division move across clearing passing poncho-wrapped body of a buddy at the spot where he fell in Vietnam on March 23, 1967. Action took place 20 miles northwest of Pleiku in the central highlands of Vietnam, near the Cambodian border.

How A Search for Missing Comrades in Vietnam Led Two Infantry Companies Straight Into an Enemy Inferno

by Warren Wilkins6/19/20235/15/2023
Photo of HALO parachutists of SOG link up beneath a Huey helicopter above Camp Long Thanh.

Their Existence Was Denied by the US Government. Their Mission Photos Proved Otherwise

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher6/16/20236/16/2023
Photo of French-built Dassault Mirage F1JA, part of the Ecuadoran air force.

The Time Ecuador and Peru Fought a 34-Day War Over a Patch of Amazonian Jungle

by Jerome Long6/16/20239/11/2023

Get to Know the Heroic Namesake of the Newly Christened Fort Johnson

by Jon Simkins6/15/20236/15/2023

Louisiana Army Base Renamed After World War I Harlem Hellfighter

by Jonathan Lehrfeld6/14/20236/15/2023

He Was Wired to A Mine for 70 Hours In World War II – And Survived.

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher6/14/20236/15/2023
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WWII Ordnance Still Kills Civilians in the Solomons. This Non-Profit Is Working to Change That.

by World War II Magazine6/13/20236/13/2023

How to Build Royce Williams’ MiG-Killing Panther

by Guy Aceto6/12/20236/12/2023
Photo of a O-2A Super Skymaster, used as a FAC aircraft, fires a smoke rocket at an enemy stronghold. The smoke rocket will mark the area for strike aircraft. Fast reaction time and increased time over target, plus the safety factor of its two engines make the O-2 ideal for both psychological warfare and FAC missions.

This Plane Made all the Difference in Vietnam — So Did its Aviators

by Barry Levine6/12/20235/15/2023

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