Thanks to the actions of the men assigned to protect him, President Harry S. Truman survived a harrowing attempt on his life by two Puerto Rican nationalists.
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The Negro League: Sixty Years of Segregated Baseball
Until 1947, when Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, talented black athletes toiled in relative obscurity in the Negro leagues, despite the exciting caliber of their play.
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The 1st Aero Squadron and the Pursuit of Pancho Villa
Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing’s 1916 Mexican expedition was a learning experience for the U.S. Army’s first air arm—mainly in regard to its own deficiencies.
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Shaka: Zulu Chieftain
Disgraced and cast out from his own tribe, Shaka went on to build a vast Zulu empire based on sheer terror, butchery and military brilliance.
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Battle of Aboukir Bay
‘This little Europe is too small a field,’ Bonaparte supposedly said before setting out for Alexandria. ‘Great celebrity can be won only in the East.’
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Early Covert Action on the Ho Chi Minh Trail
In 1961 and 1962 the CIA-trained and -sponsored 1st Observation Group was formed to counter Communist operations along the trail.
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America’s Bitter End in Vietnam
It was the Vietnam War in microcosm….Good intentions marred by fatally flawed follow-through.
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Fenian Raids: Invasions of British-ruled Canada
A year after America’s Civil War ended, scores of Irish Americans who had once fought for the Union or the Confederacy joined forces against a new enemy–British-ruled Canada.
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The Space Shuttle
Shuttles are the highest, fastest airplanes, but they can’t break the image barrier back on the ground.
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Battle for Saigon
In the Tet Offensive of 1968, the Viet Cong prepared carefully for its objectives inside the Saigon Circle. The result would be a plethora of battles–and battles within battles.