A 19-year-old sentry assigned to a listening post at a U.S. air base gets […]
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Three Hots, a Cot and a World-Class Shot
I enlisted in the Army as a 17-year- old recruit from a 4-mile hollow […]
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Stage Fright: The Wickenburg Massacre
In 1871 ambushers struck a California-bound coach in Arizona Territory and murdered six of […]
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Interview with Ron Kovic
In January 1968, U.S. Marine Ron Kovic was fighting near My Loc, Republic of […]
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Sheriff Taylor Hires a Deputy: Barney Fife and The Andy Griffith Show
How Don Knotts fame took off in a little TV town called Mayberry
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SUICIDE RUN: The Final Flight of Old 666
A B-17’s reconnaissance mission quickly devolved into a desperate fight for survival
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I’ve Always Been Crazy: Taking Back Country Music
During the tumultuous decade of the 1960’s, the country music industry fought back against […]
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
The only commander who won one of the decisive battles of history and got […]
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The Flying Banana in Vietnam
Piasecki Helicopter Corp. developed the H-21 as an arctic rescue helicopter, and in Vietnam it flew under less than perfect conditions.
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Death in the West
From our 2015 archives: Award-winning writer Robert M. Citino discusses the intense Battle of the Ruhr…