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Colonel Peter Ortiz and the Covert Marines
Michael E. Haskew Among the most compelling and least known U.S. Marine exploits of World War…
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VMF N-541: Night Fighter Squadron in the Philippines
Michael E. Haskew VMF N-541 Night Fighter Squadron During the spring and summer of 1944, the…
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Normandy Landings, June 6, 1944
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab The initial British–Canadian–American Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, the…
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Little Dynamite: The 75mm Pack Howitzer
Michael E. Haskew Nicknamed “Little Dynamite”, the 75mm pack howitzer proved its worth with the 1st…
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The Higgins Boat: America’s First Amphibious Warfare Strategy
Michael E. Haskew From the inception of amphibious warfare strategy and tactics, the Marine Corps sought…
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Marine Corps Base Quantico: Starting Marine Amphibious Warfare
Michael E. Haskew Marine Corps Base Quantico Perhaps the best known permanent facility operated by the…
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Marine Raiders: Evans Carlson’s Noble Experiment
Michael E. Haskew The 1st and 2nd Raider Battalions, U.S. Marine Corps, which fought so bravely…
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Long Binh Jail: US Military Prisons in the Vietnam War
by Hannah Kohler Over the course of the Vietnam War, the US Army stockade at Long…
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Marine Fighting Squadron VMF 221: Defending Midway
Michael E. Haskew During the weeks that followed the outbreak of war, the garrison on Midway…
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Ewa Marine Corps Air Station Seconds Before The Pearl Harbor Attack
Michael E. Haskew Ewa Marine Corps Air Station Technical Sergeant Henry H. Anglin rose early on…
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7 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, we bring you seven titles highlighting the amazing feats of women, whether…
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Good With a Gun
by Tom Clavin
In the following excerpt from Follow Me to Hell, Tom Clavin introduces John…
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When Fascists Roamed America’s Cities
by Thomas Mullen
When we think about the World War II years, we tend to visualize…
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The Mayor and the Nazis
by Terry Golway
As hard as it is to imagine, there was a time in the…
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The First Shots of the Revolution
by Jack Kelly
In the following excerpt from God Save Benedict Arnold , the first shots of…
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The Cave Man
by Tom Clavin
Did you know that there was a series of events known as the…
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Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz
Cold Crematorium is the first English language edition of a lost memoir by Holocaust survivor József…
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Edith Wharton’s Guide to New York
by Mariah Fredericks
Mariah Fredericks's new novel, The Wharton Plot, follows renowned novelist Edith Wharton through…
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