It’s a Plane! It’s a Van! It’s the Flying Flamingo!
This man turned a Douglas DC-3 variant into a camper van.
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(Photo: Yousuf Karsh)We will have no truce or parley with you, or the grisly gang who do your wicked will. You do your worst — and we will do our best.
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History of MiGs: The Fighter Planes That Protected — and Survived — the USSR
During the Cold War, these fighter planes were the mainstay of Soviet air defense. Here’s the history — and ignominious coda of the USSR’s premier fighter jets.
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What If Robert E. Lee Had Sent Troops to Vicksburg?
Why exactly was Robert E. Lee so opposed to sending help to Mississippi in 1863?
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Nurses in Vietnam: Putting Themselves in Danger to Keep Men Alive
Among the first Americans to go over for the war, these women were in constant danger but are still often forgotten.
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‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’ is Actually A Sobering War Movie
The film is both a comedy and drama that captures the ironic and inherent humor that so often accompanies war.
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How a One-Eyed Canadian Almost Ruined the Japanese Surrender of WWII
A classic Canadian “sorry” moment almost undid the end of the war.
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