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The Battle of Shiloh, 6–7 April 1862
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab Just 2km south-west of Pittsburg Landing was Shiloh…
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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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Nick Irving: For a Sniper, Timing is Everything
by Nick Irving Timing is Everything: from the book Way of The Reaper As soon as…
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The Battle of Buena Vista, February 22-23, 1847
Editor: Michael Spilling and Consultant Editor: Chris McNab American Battles and Campaigns - The Battle of…
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Robert Lee Scott Jr: A Double Ace of the Flying Tigers
by Robert Coram Robert Lee Scott Jr. For all of his long life, the south was…
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Marine Corps Recruit Training: Major General William P. Biddle
Michael E. Haskew Marine Corps Recruit Training Marine Corps recruit training was formally established in 1911…
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The Military Dogs That Save Soldiers Lives
by Isabel George I am always, and will no doubt remain, in awe of the power…
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Base Nation – U.S. Military Bases Worldwide
by David Vine An introduction to the American Empire Project From a hilltop at the Guantánamo…
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Joe Kennedy Jr.: Fallen Hero of Operation Aphrodite
By Alan Axelrod Winston Churchill titled a chapter of his monumental history of World War II…
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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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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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