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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

Army Spc. 4 Leslie Sabo Awarded Medal of Honor Posthumously in White House Ceremony on May 16

Vietnam magazine | Published: May 22, 2012 at 2:42 pm
Loaded with gear, infantryman Leslie Sabo poses with his M-60. (Photo: James Bemus)Leslie H. Sabo Jr., the nation's newest Medal of Honor recipient, died in a Cambodian jungle on May 10, 1970, after a daylong battle in which he …

My War - James John Magner

James John Magner, oral history | Published: May 17, 2012 at 3:37 pm
As an artist, I understood that I would have to wade the rivers and face death to get beyond surface appearances

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 …

Requiem for a Vietnam War Reporter - George Esper, 1932-2012

Don North | Published: May 09, 2012 at 5:26 pm
Esper doggedly covered the war from 1965 to its end, as North Vietnamese soldiers shuttered his Saigon AP bureau

Let There Be Light: Admiral Mitscher’s Decision

Robert M. Citino | Published: May 02, 2012 at 5:09 pm
The most harrowing moments of the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot came after the battle. Plus: enter to win a copy of the Wehrmacht Retreats.

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

Memoir '44 is a New Spin on Old-School Fun

Patrick Clark | Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:53 am
Memoir '44 is distinctive in a way rare to most videogames: it's one of only a handful that my girlfriend has ever really enjoyed, let alone wanted to play again. Made by longtime board game maker Days of Wonder, …

Lloyd Clark's Battle of the Tanks

Dennis Showalter | Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:52 am
Dennis Showalter reviews the best new book on Kursk

Joe Rochefort's War: Deciphering a Code Breaker

Richard Frank | Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:51 am
Rich Frank reviews a new bio on the man behind Midway

What If Winston Churchill Had Offered Less "Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat"?

Mark Grimsley | Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:51 am
On May 13, 1940, Winston Churchill addressed the House of Commons in his first speech as prime minister. "I would say to the House," he declaimed, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat." He predicted …

A Rational German Explains His Respect for Hitler

Laurence Rees | Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:50 am
There are many people who think that there was some kind of uniquely German gene that made millions succumb to Hitler. But if, as I did, these people had the chance to meet Karl Boehm-Tettlebach, who worked for Hitler …

A U-Boat Commander Shares Memories of His Captor—and Friend

Andrew Carroll | Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:49 am
On March 19, 1944, Allied warplanes blew up a German U-boat off the coast of the Cape Verde Islands, killing 47 of its 55 crewmen. Among the survivors was the submarine's Austrian commander, Gunter Leopold, who was picked up by …

From D-Day to Paris: The Story of a Lifetime

Alex Kershaw | Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:48 am
Three legendary war correspondents—Robert Capa, Ernie Pyle, and Ernest Hemingway—scramble to cover the Allied advance across France.

Corregidor: The last battle in the fall of the Philippines

Bill Sloan | Published: April 23, 2012 at 10:47 am
Once a haven, the island fortress of Corregidor became its own brand of hell following the fall of Bataan

Warsaw Rising: Hope and Betrayal

Andrew Curry | Published: April 22, 2012 at 3:15 pm
As Poland's underground army struggled to pry the Germans from their capital, Stalin sat back and let the Rising fail.
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