Vietnam War
What Did You Do in Vietnam?
The demeaning response to men who said they served in rear areas.
1900s
Trolleys’ Time: When Streetcars Were Desired
Before commuter rail lines, interurban trolleys electrically connected cities, small towns, and even amusement parks
Wild West
The Real Killer of the Sheriff Who Shot Billy the Kid
Connecting the dots between established facts and a previously untapped interview, the author fingers ‘Killin’ Jim’ Miller for the notorious unsolved murder
World War II
Gene Roddenberry’s Near-Death Experiences in the Pacific War
The future creator of Star Trek served in the South Pacific as a B-17 pilot, surviving tropical storms, flak and a fatal crash
Art/Literature
Selling Scandalous Sex as Sober Cinema
Howard W. "Kroger" Babb made a bundle hawking a movie melodrama about a girl who gets in trouble
World War II
Movie Messerschmitts Return to the Air
Spanish-built versions of the Me-109 lend an air of authenticity to World War II feature films.
Vietnam War
R&R on the Beaches of South Vietnam
Troops in Vietnam blow off some steam during their one-year tour of duty
1900s
The Most Powerful Engine Ever Created
The amazing Rocketdyne F-1 powered Apollo astronauts to the moon
Vietnam War
French Strategy in 1940s Sets Course for The U.S. Later
Author William M. Waddell presents a thoroughly illuminating, refreshingly balanced interpretation of the French war for Indochina.
WWII Battles
Assault on the Citadel: Patton’s troops crush a large enemy force at Saint-Malo
Adolf Hitler saw Saint-Malo as a linchpin of the Atlantic Wall. The Allies reduced it to rubble
Civil War Figures
Lincoln Memorial: A Temple of Tolerance
Cruel irony of segregated dedication ceremony has given way to reverence and rallies
Vietnam Battles
From German Waffen SS to American Green Beret
The fierce anti-communism of Finland’s Larry Thorne put him on different sides in two wars
Cold War
Howls of ‘Socialism!’ Killed Truman Health Insurance
Republicans and medical industry groups used Red Scare tactics to defeat early version of Medicare-for-All
Politics
The Invisible Empire: Why Some Americans Don’t Count
'Pointillist' colonialism treats millions of U.S. citizens as foreigners
WWII Figures
Book Review: How Hitler Was Made
Cory Taylor traces Adolf Hitler's rise to prominence in prewar Germany through 1924
WWII Figures
The Stranger-Than-Fiction Career of the OSS’s Carl Eifler
The colonel headed a clandestine operations program that required brute force, innovation, and a strange-looking submarine.
