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Photo of U.S Soldiers from the 101st cavalry division have set up these 105mm howitzers in a sand bagged fire-base at an elevated site in the center of the a Shau Valley in South Vietnam, August 12, 1968. From this position, gunners can give excellent fire support to men operating in the valley below.

What Are the Limits of Firepower? Maj. Gen. Robert Scales Speaks About America’s Way of War in Vietnam

by Warren Wilkins9/18/20239/18/2023

Hamburger Hill veteran and expert on U.S. firepower Maj. Gen. Robert Scales shares his experiences in Vietnam and his views on U.S. strategy.

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What They Left Behind: Ernie Pyle Recalls the Carnage of Omaha Beach

by Ernie Pyle, Jerry D. Morelock and Zita Ballinger Fletcher8/14/20238/24/2023
Painting, The Mount House, by William Sidney Mount.

The Racially Diverse Paintings of a 19th-Century American Artist

by Katherine Kirkpatrick and Vivian Nicholson-Mueller6/9/20236/9/2023
Rare painting of President Abraham Lincoln.

‘Old Abe’ is 9 Feet Tall in Rare Lincoln Portrait

by Melissa A. Winn5/16/20235/3/2023

‘A Small Light’ Tells a Lesser Known Side of the Anne Frank WWII Story

by Sarah Sicard5/5/20235/5/2023
Photo of Miles Davis.

From Audrey Hepburn to John Wayne: The Lush Hollywood Photography of Bob Willoughby

by Michael Dolan4/25/20235/11/2023

Mark Twain Fought for the South in the Civil War. He Lasted 2 Weeks Before He Quit.

by Claire Barrett4/14/20234/20/2023
Photo of Manzanar Relocation Center. During the winter the Manzanar Relocation Center had no hope of disguising itself as anything but what it was: punitive confinement.

Ansel Adams Hauntingly Beautiful Images: Photographing the Despair of Japanese-American Internment

by Richard J. Goodrich1/17/202311/1/2022

‘The Pale Blue Eye’ Is A Truly Macabre Military Murder Mystery Movie

by Sarah Sicard12/23/202212/23/2022
Photograph of the Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.

Taos, New Mexico: The Vibrant Birthplace of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Artist Colony

by Deborah Archuleta-Moreno12/20/202211/1/2022

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