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People Archives:Military Leaders

An Inside Look At 100 Years of Honoring America’s War Dead

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher12/19/202312/19/2023
Photo of German storm troops laden with equipment have to advance over open but broken ground. The enemy know of their approach because of a preliminary barrage.

How Do World War I’s Top Generals Stack up?

by David T. Zabecki12/15/202311/3/2023
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World War I Enemies Played Football During A Christmas Truce–Except Maybe They Didn’t

by Andrew Hamilton12/14/202312/14/2023
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When the British Held the Line in Korea

by Michael Patrick Cullinane12/8/202311/2/2023
Photo of U.S. Marines engage in a street fight amid the September 1950 battle to retake Seoul, the capital of South Korea.

The Korean War Is Far From Over

by Mark Simner11/17/202311/1/2023

A Clean Marine 

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher11/7/202311/7/2023
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“Fighting Joe” Hooker Literally Cleaned Up the Army of the Potomac During the Civil War

by Rick Britton11/2/202311/3/2023
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This Signal Operator Witnessed Nixon’s Withdrawals from Vietnam. What He Saw Convinced Him it Wasn’t Working

by David L. Anderson10/25/20234/26/2024
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What Kind of Women Courted Hitler and His Cronies? The Details Might Surprise You

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher10/19/202310/19/2023
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This Son of Maine Was Much More Than a Civil War Hero

by Dave Kindy10/16/202310/5/2023

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