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When Titans Tangled
As America was feeling an urge for empire, Mark Twain and Theodore Roosevelt rumbled.
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Armchair General- Dispatches November 2013
Navy Cross for Vietnam War Heroism Former active duty Marine Ned E. Seath received […]
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When Pigs Fly
Five unlikely passengers add a surprising twist to a mundane chopper flight. I was […]
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Long Night on Hill 488
In June 1966, a Marine recon platoon, surrounded and vastly outnumbered, achieved one of […]
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My War: Wayne Jensen
Petty Officer Third Class, U.S. Navy 1963-66; November 1967 – November 1968 When I […]
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The Duke’s Green Berets
John Wayne’s 1968 take on the Vietnam War sang the praises of U.S. Special […]
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1st CAV on the War Path
A search-and-destroy mission in the mountainous terrain above the Vinh Thanh Valley devolved into […]
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Rescue at Dog’s Head
One of the greatest rescue operations of the war was largely ignored until President […]
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Pennsylvania’s ‘Perfect Hell’
To immigrant miners, federal draft officials were the enemy—and it was time to pitch […]