George Thomas was one of the Civil War’s greatest generals. But thanks to personal […]
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Camelback Colonialism
The Somaliland Camel Corps mopped up a Mad Mullah and policed and pacified the British protectorate through two world wars
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A Band of Brothers: The Story of the Sullivans
The U.S. Navy honored the five Sullivan brothers’ request to serve together in WWII, and made much of their story—before and after their shocking deaths.
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The Guinea Pig Club
The war left badly injured pilots with unimaginable scars. But one surgeon healed them, and their bond lasted a lifetime
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Troubled Waters
Sterling Hayden sacrificed his sailing dreams, a budding Hollywood career, a marriage and his […]
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A Storm in Every Port
The sanguinary saga of Norwegian King Olaf Tryggvason relates his bloody raids, mercurial romances, […]
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The Attack that Shook the World
The Viet Cong’s 1965 bombing of Saigon’s My Canh restaurant killed scores of people […]
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He Drove Trucks During the Vietnam War. It Was No Easy Task.
These U.S. Army drivers in Vietnam named their total mileage, “Two Million Miles of Bad Road.” Yet somehow they got the job done.
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Full Circle
How a shared destiny brought together four men scarred by war and helped a […]
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Grudge Match at the O.K. Corral
For the Earps, Clantons, and McLaurys, the Civil War never really ended. THE UNITED […]