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Marine Raiders: Evans Carlson’s Noble Experiment
Michael E. Haskew The 1st and 2nd Raider Battalions, U.S. Marine Corps, which fought so bravely…
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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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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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FDR Secures the Declaration of Independence, May 13, 1942
by Stephen Puleo May 13, 1942, Securing the Declaration of Independence at the U.S. Bullion Depository,…
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Varian Fry: The Artist’s Oskar Schindler
by Kate Lord Brown Varian Fry and The House of Dreams The House of Dreams has…
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The Invasion of Sicily 1943
by Christian Jennings The Invasion of Sicily By late spring 1943, the Americans and British and…
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The Haunting Letters of Heinrich Himmler During His Final Days
Edited and with Commentary by Katrin Himmler and Michael Wildt The Letters of Heinrich Himmler The…
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Primo Levi: An Author Q&A
by Sergio Luzzatto No other Auschwitz survivor has been as literately powerful and historically influential as…
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World War II
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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The First Shots of the Revolution
by Jack Kelly
In the following excerpt from God Save Benedict Arnold , the first shots of…
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