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People Archives:U.S. Presidents

Ulysses S. Grant in military uniform, 1847

Ulysses S. Grant’s Humble Midwestern Roots

by Gordon Berg3/31/20233/31/2023

Author Jack Hurst discusses his new book, ‘America’s Hardscrabble General: Ulysses S. Grant From Farm Boy to Shiloh.’

Photo of British Army officer General Sir John Greer Dill (1881-1944), Chief of the Imperial General Staff, studies a globe in his office in London during World War II in January 1941.

Despised By Churchill, Respected by Marshall, This Brit Proved the Essential Liaison Between the Allies During WWII

by John D. Howard3/31/20233/31/2023

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Photo of South Vietnam: Failed Coup In Saigon Against President Ngo Dinh Diem. Saigon- 17 novembre 1960- Lors du coup d'état manqué contre le président NGO DINH DIEM, des jeunes gens (révolutionnaires) accourent dans une rue, lâchant leur bicyclette pour se protéger de coups de feu, un camion militaire derrièer eux dans une rue, une demeure en arrière-plan.

The First Coup: President Diem’s Own Paratroopers Attempted to Overthrow His Regime

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benjamin-levy-portrait-medal-honor

How a 17-Year-Old New Yorker Became the First Jewish Medal of Honor Recipient

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Photo of Operation Linebacker was the title of a U. S. Seventh Air Force and U. S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial interdiction campaign conducted against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) from 9 May to 23 October 1972, during the Vietnam War. Its purpose was to halt or slow the transportation of supplies and materials for the Nguyen Hue Offensive (known in the West as the Easter Offensive), an invasion of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), by forces of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), that had been launched on 30 March. Linebacker was the first continuous bombing effort conducted against North Vietnam since the bombing halt instituted by President Lyndon B. Johnson in November 1968.

Army and Navy Pilots Joined Together in a Day of Duels Over Vietnam

by Jon Guttman3/15/20233/14/2023
Painting of Rising political star William Crawford’s life was upended when medicine he took for a skin ailment brought on a debilitating stroke.

John Fetterman Isn’t the First Ill Politician to Serve. Here Are Examples from History

by Richard Brookhiser3/14/20233/14/2023
Photo of a tank at The World War II American Experience Museum.

Take a Tank Ride… at Gettysburg

by American History editors2/21/20232/23/2023

Read a Letter From Ho Chi Minh to U.S. President Truman Before the Vietnam War Began

by Ho Chi Minh2/3/20232/3/2023
Abraham Lincoln posing with books

A Pulitzer Prize Winner Explores a ‘morally imperfect’ Abraham Lincoln

by Rick Beard2/2/20232/2/2023

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