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Video: The Terrible Choice Faced by Early Pilots
by John F. Ross At the turn of the twentieth century two new technologies—the car and…
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Flying Marine One: A Q&A with Colonel Ray L’Heureux
Colonel Ray “Frenchy” L’Heureux flew the last four presidents during his time piloting Marine One. He…
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Why Pilots Didn’t Wear Parachutes during World War 1
By John F. Ross When brand new technology first appears it’s often striking in retrospect to…
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A Brief Note about the Passing of Jeremiah Denton
By Alvin Townley “I used to be a Senator,” Jeremiah Denton explained when I first met…
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Lost Nuclear Bombs and Malaysia MH370
By L. Douglas Keeney A gust of wind whirled up some dirt which blossomed up into…
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The Alcatraz Gang and the Fight to Bring Them Home
By Alvin Townley During the Vietnam War, more than six hundred American pilots were held in…
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Lessons from Winston Churchill: Withdrawal from Afghanistan
By Con Coughlin As America’s long decade of war in Afghanistan draws to a close in…
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Seal Team Six (Excerpt)
by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin Check out Howard Wasdin and Stephen Templin's Seal Team…
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6 Things You May Not Have Known About Nazis in America
By Arnie Bernstein In the 1930s and 1940s (and beyond) fascism and Nazi loyalty was as…
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Why We Served: Part Two
By Phil Keith In February of 2012 I wrote a piece for History Reader entitled “Why…
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Military History
Throne of Grace
by Tom Clavin
Throne of Grace: A Mountain Man, An Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest…
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Charles Sumner Witnesses the “Abraham Lincoln Magic”
by Stephen Puleo
In April 1865, at General Ulysses S. Grant’s Headquarters at City Point, Virginia,…
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The Wreck of USS Monitor
by David Gibbins
Almost half of the ships that I cover in my book, A History…
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America’s Most Clandestine Military Unit
Adam Gamal (a pseudonym created to keep his family safe from harm) served in the most…
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Feathered Fighters
by Tom Clavin
67 years ago, the U.S. Army Pigeon Service closed. You might think that…
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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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