These wartime letters detail a loss at Shiloh, a civilian’s terror, and a USCT officer’s ordeal.
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‘Old Ironsides’: Still in Commission After 225 Years
USS Constitution is the world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
North Vietnam Tried to Exploit American Racism with POWs. It Didn’t Work
Communist authorities hoped that these two American POWs would hate each other. Instead they became best friends.
An Ohio English Teacher Went to Fight in the Civil War and Got His First True Taste of Battle
An Ohio teacher got his first true taste of battle as Vicksburg fell in the summer of 1863. Two arduous but fulfilling years in uniform followed.
At Fort Sumter, This Bizarre, Floating Contraption Helped Start the Civil War
Though it helped usher in the era of the ironclads, this monstrous Confederate contrivance’s role in the beginning of the Civil War is now largely forgotten.
How Nixon’s Operation Linebacker Countered North Vietnam’s All-Out Bid to Conquer the South
Nixon believed the bombing campaign might draw Hanoi into a peace agreement.
1st Cavalry Division Veteran Recounts Combat Tour in Vietnam
Aided by his 212 letters home, author Dennis Blessing has recreated his tour as a combat infantry “grunt” with the 1st Cav.
‘Candy Bomber’ Gail Halvorsen, 101, Waged an Ideological Battle for Berlin
During the 1948–49 Berlin Airlift, U.S. Air Force transport pilot Gail Halvorsen made a heartfelt decision that became the public relations coup of the Cold War.
A Famous Dog of the Civil War: The Very Good Boy Who Fought (and Fetched) Alongside Soldiers
Maine soldiers’ beloved canine companion Major joined them in many a battle.
World War II Soldiers Loved to Sing—Provided They Got to Sing Their Way
The U.S. Army recognized the vital outlet that music provided, but G.I.s preferred parody songs of their own invention over wholesome tunes pushed by top brass.