HISTORY
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His Sergeant in Vietnam Became His Hero. He Never Forgot It.
Willie Johnson was a 35-year-old African American from South Carolina with a wife and six kids. What did I, a…
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At Eight-Years-Old This Girl Survived the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines. Now, at 90, She Recalls Her Ordeal.
Leanne Blinzler Noe was eight years old and living in the Philippines with her family when the Japanese attacked the…
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Meet the Heroes Who Delivered Aid and Comforted the Dying on the Battlefields of World War I
In the agony of trench warfare and no man’s land, the sound of a skitter and a wet nose —…
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During the Vietnam War, These Colorful Posters Aimed to Win Hearts and Minds
The word “propaganda” evokes many images, few of them positive. We often think of propaganda as sinister attempts to brainwash…
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These Fighting ‘Mighty Midgets’ Packed Big Guns
The Asiatic-Pacific Theater in World War II culminated with a grueling, bloody amphibious campaign to capture one Japanese-held seabound stronghold…
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This Ornery Knight Inspired Shakespeare’s Falstaff
Even though it officially lasted 116 years, the Hundred Years War was really just part of a long-running rivalry over…
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Build your own version of Flying Tiger ace R.T. Smith’s shark-mouthed Curtiss P-40
Probably no other aircraft from World War II are as easily recognized as the shark-mouthed Curtiss P-40s flown by the…
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The Scout Who Almost Was
Cephas William “Dick” Parr (1843–1911) never achieved the fame of fellow scout turned showman William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody, though…
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Judge Pauses Removal of Confederate Memorial at Arlington Cemetery
At the 11th hour on Monday, a federal judge in Alexandria, Va. issued a temporary restraining order to halt workers’…
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A Pacifist Scribbled A Song When She Was Half-Asleep. It Became A Famous Union Battle March
The lyrics to America’s most famous marching song of the Civil War were written when their author was half-asleep and…
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