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Celebrating the Legacy of the Office of Strategic Services 82 Years On

by Major Nicholas Dockery6/21/20246/21/2024

From the OSS to the CIA, how Wild Bill Donovan shaped the American intelligence community.

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During the War Years, Posters From the American Homefront Told You What to Do — And What Not to Do

by Tom Huntington4/9/20244/9/2024
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The One and Only ‘Booger’ Was Among History’s Best Rodeo Performers

by Richard F. Selcer4/5/20242/8/2024
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An SAS Rescue Mission Mission Gone Wrong

by Gavin Mortimer4/2/20242/12/2024
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As the Boxer Rebellion Stole Headlines from His Wild West, Buffalo Bill Put the Clash into His Show

by David McCormick3/27/20242/8/2024
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Could These American Paratroopers Stop the Germans from Reaching Utah Beach on D-Day?

by James M. Fenelon3/26/20242/12/2024
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This Frenchman Tried to Best the Wright Brothers on Their Home Turf

by Reg Winstone3/20/20241/29/2024
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Buffalo Bill’s Tours of Italy and the ‘Spaghetti Western’ Inspired Replica Old West Firearms

by George Layman3/20/20242/8/2024
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The Explosion of Mount Hood

by Steven Trent Smith3/19/20242/12/2024
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The Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West Didn’t Have Buffalo Bill’s Reach, But Its Performers Took Hollywood by Storm

by E. Joe Brown3/15/20242/8/2024

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