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Veterans Day: Remembering Those Who Served
by The History Reader Veterans Day is the day we honor and commemorate our brave service…
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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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Portrait of a Ranger as a Young LRRP Warrior in Vietnam
By Gary O'Neal and David Fisher There were no other units in Vietnam like the LRRPs.…
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April 1, 1970: Fire Base Illingworth, Hell on Earth
By Phil Keith It was quiet, but it wouldn’t be for long. Lieutenant Colonel Mike Conrad,…
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Maya Lin and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
By Louis Menand “It was miserable,” Lin said when I first asked her about her year…
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How the Helicopter Changed Modern Warfare: Vietnam
By Walter J. Boyne Establishment of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) The…
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Ho Chi Minh and Thomas Jefferson
By Susan Dunn In September 1945, hundreds of thousands of people jammed the French-looking boulevards and…
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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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