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Harlem Hellfighter Honored in Graphic Novel

Once-forgotten African American war hero Army Sgt. Henry Johnson is the latest soldier to be featured in a graphic novel series honoring Medal of Honor recipients....

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Mystery Ship: July 2020

Can you identify this mixed-propulsion fighter prototype? for the answer, click here!...

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Curtiss XF15C-1 Late in World War II piston-engine aircraft reached a peak of performance that even carrier-borne planes could achieve. At the same time, turbojet power had demonstrated its potential, but the earliest jets were unreliable...

Vietnam

‘Getting Home Alive’: Alpha 6 remembers Vietnam

During periods of inaction, Harvey and his men drilled for encounters with elusive Viet Cong guerillas who stalked the forests....

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The Man Behind the Double V Campaign

Many may be aware of the Double V campaign, but few know of the 26-year-old who ignited the campaign....

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Congress Members Propose Rescinding Medals of Honor for Wounded Knee

In November 2019 Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Remove the Stain Act, which seeks to strip the Medal of Honor from 20 soldiers who received the award for their actions in battle at Wounded...

Vietnam

Words on War: General Kroesen’s Thoughts on Vietnam

General Frederick Kroesen shared his reflections on the Vietnam War in his 2007 memoir, "General Thoughts: Seventy-Five Years with the Army." ...

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Shaved Heads and Syphilis: A Brief History of Wigs

As Coronavirus-induced shutdowns swept the nation and exposed cracks in many parts of our society, they also exposed another pressing desire—haircuts....

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The Language Misconception of the Antebellum Era

A compound Latin word creates a false impression of the complex prewar decades...

Military History Quarterly

Hitler’s ‘Cavalry of the future’

Adolf Hitler had an ulterior motive for ramping up the Third Reich’s investment in the German automotive industry and its racing teams....

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That Time a WWII-Era Soviet Tank Did a Barrel Roll During a...

The Russian spinoff of the blockbuster hit “Fury” is not going as expected. Anyone who has experience driving any number of ground-based military vehicles knows that despite their myriad capabilities, the number of blindspots...

World War II

When Ernest Hemingway Went from Writer to Fighter

Colonel Charles T. Lanham and Ernest Hemingway each had something the other wanted. Their interests merged in 1944 on Europe's battlefields. ...

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WWI Museum Receives Endowment Grant Amid Coronavirus Shutdowns

When the effects of COVID-19 hit the National WWI Museum and Memorial, like many museums and companies across the U.S., it struggled to retain its employees as its doors closed. However, with a $125,000 gift from the National Endowment for...

America's Civil War

Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Is a Speech for the Ages

With malice toward none, with charity for all, the president set the nation to the task of reconciliation and freedom...

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‘Tell him how things can be between men on this earth’: Jesse...

“The sight of the graceful American’s soaring victory in the long jump and his Olympic-record wins in the 100-and 200-meter dashes and 400-meter relay put the lie to der Führer’s simplistic myths about race,” TIME noted in...

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A Timeless Connection: WWII-Era Music Restoration Binds Man with His Grandfather

“I knew my grandpa was in the war, but I didn’t know the details"...

Harlem Hellfighter Honored in Graphic Novel

Mystery Ship: July 2020

Mystery Ship: July 2020

‘Getting Home Alive’: Alpha 6 remembers Vietnam

The Man Behind the Double V Campaign

Congress Members Propose Rescinding Medals of Honor for Wounded Knee

Words on War: General Kroesen’s Thoughts on Vietnam

Shaved Heads and Syphilis: A Brief History of Wigs

The Language Misconception of the Antebellum Era

Hitler’s ‘Cavalry of the future’

That Time a WWII-Era Soviet Tank Did a Barrel Roll During a...

When Ernest Hemingway Went from Writer to Fighter

WWI Museum Receives Endowment Grant Amid Coronavirus Shutdowns

Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Is a Speech for the Ages

‘Tell him how things can be between men on this earth’: Jesse...

A Timeless Connection: WWII-Era Music Restoration Binds Man with His Grandfather

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