Two American airmen shot down during the firebombing of an ancient Japanese city became […]
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Peace Is Hell
U.S. troops arriving in Germany found starvation, looting, chaos, and utter devastation. So they […]
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George Washington’s Tears
When General Washington wept while bidding his officers farewell, was it sadness at parting from old comrades or bitterness over having let his men down?
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Oh, Canadians
Some Americans went to Canada to avoid Vietnam. Some Canadians went the other way
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Runaway Slave on the Wisconsin-Canada Line
On July 4, 1842, Caroline Quarlls, a 16-year-old St. Louis slave, made her escape […]
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Meteoric Combat Career of a Flying Tiger
“Scarsdale Jack” Newkirk blazed the way for his fellow Panda Bear pilots
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Mo-chi: First Female Cheyenne Warrior
Also known as Buffalo Calf Woman, she survived the attacks by soldiers at Sand […]
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The Ghost and Mr. Mumler
Immersed in death and sorrow, 1860s America was fertile ground for a man who […]
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‘Only Take the Top Rail’
Armies in blue and gray laid waste to thousands of miles of fencelines that […]
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Seeing Ghosts in a Martyred French Village
France is a pretty country full of pretty little villages. But Oradour- sur-Glane is […]