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October 25, 1983: Grenada and Operation Urgent Fury
By Rick Atkinson Two surprises awaited Lieutenant Colonel George Crocker as he walked down the ramp…
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October 24, 1994: David McCambell Downed More Enemy Aircrafts Than Any Other Naval Aviator—Ever
By Alvin Townley In a dogfight, expect anything. All bets are off. Nobody drove that lesson…
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October 25, 1983: Grenada and Operation Urgent Fury
By Rick Atkinson Two surprises awaited Lieutenant Colonel George Crocker as he walked down the ramp…
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October 23, 1983: The Marines in Beirut
By Thomas L. Friedman Funny country, Lebanon. The minute one army packed up and rushed out,…
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Victory & Glory: The End of the Revolutionary War
By John Ferling October 19, 1781, the terms for the surrender of the General Charles Cornwallis-led…
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Marshall, Mitchell, and Meuse-Argonne
Americans escorting German prisoners to the rear, Meuse-Argonne. Credit: Library of Congress.…
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1993 Battle of Mogadishu: A SEAL’s-Eye View
By Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin As we pulled back into the compound, everyone was…
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Mossad and 9/11
By Gordon Thomas Anti-Semitic conspiracists plan to flood the internet to mark the tenth anniversary of…
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Siege of Leningrad: Deadliest City Blockade in Human History
By Anna Reid This is the story of the siege of Leningrad, the deadliest blockade of…
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September 2, 1945: Formal Surrender of Japan in Images
By Callie Oettinger September 2, 1945, the formal ceremonies, marking the surrender of Japan, took place…
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Military History
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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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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