George Washington refused to come to the rescue when the pamphleteer who put him […]
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Solving the Problem of ‘Fog Flying’
How private philanthropy, inventive engineers and a courageous pilot put the “I” in IFR. […]
Not A Very Merry Christmas
Life for American troops on the frontline in Italy in late December 1943 brought anything but yuletide cheer
Medics in Hell: Saving the Survivors of Buchenwald
Soldiers of the 120th Evacuation Hospital were stunned and forever haunted by what they found at Buchenwald
The Remarkable Mrs. Markham
Little-remembered today, the adventurous Kenya bush pilot outdid her contemporary Amelia Earhart by flying the Atlantic solo the hard way
The Napalm Girl
The saga of Kim Phuc will forever be a clarion to the consequences of […]
Meet the Freikorps
We traditionally think of soldiering as a temporary occupation. Wars begin, men join up, […]
A Short History of United Nations Peacekeeping
For more than four decades, the Blue Helmets have carved out an impressive, and […]
Eureka! Displays at the Academy of Natural Sciences
The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia uncorked a sometimes maddeningly democratic process of discovery in the young republic.
Yellowstone: Betrayal and Bloodshed Beget America’s First National Park
The death of a fur trader turned rancher in 1869 paved the way for the exploration of a land of geysers and breathtaking mountains.