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Everybody Loves Lt. Dan - Gary Sinise

Roger L. Vance | Published: May 22, 2012 at 6:05 pm
Gary Sinise and The Lt. Dan Band headline the Memorial Day Weekend Rolling Thunder XXV Tribute Concert, Sat., May 26, in Washington

Confederate Flags in Times Square?

Published: May 22, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Is it, or isn't it? That is our question!

In remembrance of combat photographer Horst Faas, 1933-2012

Don North | Published: May 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm
In 2008, Horst Faas appeared at the Newseum in Washington to pay tribute to the photographers who went down in a helicopter over Laos. (Photo: Don North)In 1965 as a green kid with a $30 35mm Yashika and a fixed …

Battlefields&Beyond: New York City

Harold Holzer | Published: May 17, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Harold Holzer's Top 13 Civil War Sites in NYC.

The Civil War's 21st-century hero

Harold Holzer | Published: May 09, 2012 at 4:38 pm
Brian Lamb (image courtesy of C-SPAN)I spent a particularly memorable late-winter day a few months ago watching a 6 1/2-hour-long scholarly debate, hosted by the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, on the subject of who best deserves the title …

Field Notes - July 2012

Tim and Elizabeth Rowland | Published: May 09, 2012 at 4:35 pm
The original painting (left) next to the Mary Todd fake. (images courtesy of Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum)The Lady and the scamp Is she or isn't she? That question has been answered with a resounding "no": The portrait purported to …

150th Anniversary Events - upcoming and ongoing

Published: May 09, 2012 at 4:31 pm
Maryland "The Medicine of Andersonville Prison" discusses the medicine and medical practices of Andersonville Prison and its impact on the prison population. When: June 9 Where: National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Frederick, (301) 695-1864 CivilWarMed.org "The Civil War Soldier …

The Man Who Made Rolling Thunder Roar

Roger L. Vance | Published: May 05, 2012 at 9:16 am
Ray Manzo's 1987 dream for a massive POW demonstration by thousands of bikers lives on a quarter of a century later

LCVP: Higgins' Boxy Barge Had a Prohibition Past

Jon Guttman | Published: May 03, 2012 at 4:17 pm
The Americans relied on the lightweight, shallow-draft LCVP (aka Higgins boat) to quickly put landing forces ashore in World War II.

Panzerfaust: An Armor Fist to Knock out Allied Armor

Jon Guttman | Published: May 03, 2012 at 3:30 pm
The Panzerfaust delivered a hard-hitting 1.8-pound warhead that could penetrate up to 8 inches of armor at close range.

Book Review: Military Adaptation in War, by Williamson Murray

HistoryNet Staff | Published: May 03, 2012 at 3:07 pm
In Military Adaptation in War, Williamson Murray takes a hard look at the change (or lack thereof) in 20th century war-fighting tactics and technology, from World War I to the Yom Kippur War.

Book Review: Front Burner, by Kirk S. Lippold

HistoryNet Staff | Published: May 03, 2012 at 2:51 pm
In Front Burner, Kirk Lippold, former commander of the guided missile destroyer USS Cole, reviews the October 2000 terrorist strike on his vessel in Aden, Yemen, and the aftermath, both military and personal.

Book Review: Britain's War Machine, by David Edgerton

HistoryNet Staff | Published: May 03, 2012 at 2:34 pm
David Edgerton's book Britain's War Machine challenges the notion that Britain was militarily weak in the ramp-up to World War II.

Book Review: Undefeated, by Bill Sloan

HistoryNet Staff | Published: May 03, 2012 at 2:03 pm
In Undefeated, Bill Sloan sifts through official histories and firsthand accounts in a review of the desperate 1941-42 Battles of Corregidor and Bataan and subsequent U.S.-Filipino surrender to Japanese forces.

Book Review: The Wehrmacht Retreats, by Robert M. Citino

HistoryNet Staff | Published: May 03, 2012 at 1:19 pm
Robert Citino's World War II history The Wehrmacht Retreats looks at German reverses in the pivotal year 1943, focusing on the role of the Wehrmacht and the German chain of command.

Saga of the Saluting Marine

Roger L. Vance | Published: April 26, 2012 at 3:27 pm
Tim Chambers prepares to snap another salute to Vietnam veterans at Rolling Thunder XXV
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