Ever since Joshua fit the Battle of Jericho, music has served as both a psychological weapon and a way to communicate in battle.
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Child of the Fighting Tenth: On the Frontier With the Buffalo Soldiers (Book Review)
Reviewed by Chrys Ankeny By Forrestine C. Hooker, Edited by Steve Wilson Oxford University […]
Interview with World War II SB2U-3 Pilot Sumner H. Whitten
Flying a vintage Vindicator dive bomber, Sumner H. Whitten played a part in changing the course of the war in the pacific.
Second Punic War: Battle of Cannae
As Hannibal met Rome’s strongest army at Cannae, Rome’s vaunted tenacity and soldiery were expected to prove decisive despite the Carthaginians’ recent victories.
The Dodge City War
When saloon owner Luke Short was told to get out of Dodge in 1883, he went. But he soon came back, and he was joined by the likes of Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson and Doc Holliday.
Bill Piper and the Piper Cubs
The ubiquitous yellow two-seater that spawned an industry lived to become a misnomer.
Joseph Scroggs: Observations From His Diary About the 1864 Petersburg Campaign
Excerpts from Joseph Scroggs’ diary provide his observations on the service of Negro troops under his command on the Civil War battlefields.
Alfred Rascon: A Case of Forgotten Valor During the Vietnam War
In February 2000, 33 years after medic Alfred Rascon saved two lives in action in War Zone D, he finally received the Medal of Honor.
George Washington: Hero of the Confederacy
The cost of political greatness, it’s been said, is to be forced to campaign long after your death. That’s certainly true of George Washington, whose name, image and legacy were appropriated by the Confederacy.
Reno Gang’s Reign Of Terror
Long before the James brothers began robbing trains, the Reno brothers tried their hand at it in post–Civil War Indiana, but the outlaw Hoosiers’ reign didn’t last long.By William Bell