Military History

Goodbye OSS and Hello CIA: National Security Act of 1947

Truman Signing National Security Act
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Callie Oettinger July 26, 1947 the National Security Act…
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July 21, 1861: First Major Battle of the Civil War

Battle of Bull Run
dd dd dd By Christopher J. Olsen In Spring 1861, both sides worked feverishly to train…
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How Much Did Stalin Know?

Truman and Stalin
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Micheal D. Gordin On July 16, a day before…
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T. E. Lawrence and the Art of War in the Twenty-First Century

WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By George W. Gawrychl If there were a hall of…
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761st Tank Battalion: Patton’s Panthers Would Not Quit

WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Charles W. Sasser A cold January rain drizzled onto the rolling red-dust…
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The Court Martial of Jackie Robinson

WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Callie Oettinger Dodger President and general manager Branch Rickey needed: A man…
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Lucky Luciano and WWII’s Operation Husky

lucky luciano
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Tim Newark Locked in prison, reading daily newspaper reports…
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Gettysburg in Pictures

Civil War amputation
dd dd dd By Callie Oettinger Barlows’ Knoll after first day’s battle, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, northwest of…
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June 28, 2005: One of the worst Days in U.S. Special Operations History

dd dd dd By Dwight Jon Zimmerman and John D. Gresham OPERATION RED WINGS American forces…
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George Armstrong Custer in Pictures

George Armstrong Custer
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Callie Oettinger   Lt. Washington, a Confederate prisoner, and…
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