ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: San Antonio Doctor Had a Batty Idea for Controlling Malaria
Charles Campbell believed in the winged mammals' voracious appetite for mosquitoes
Perfect Trap: The Godfather of Naval Aviation
Remarkable career of naval aviation pioneer Frederick “Trap” Trapnell encompassed biplanes, airships, WWII fighters, research planes and early carrier jets.
Watching George Washington Become a Great Leader
History Channel miniseries follows the Virginian's path from British officer to Continental Army commander to revered first president
Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee: ‘Do While You Can’
Charles McGee never thought much of flying until he started training at Tuskegee. When he finally left the U.S. Air Force, he had 30 years and three wars behind him.
Rebel General from Abolitionist Enclave Massachusetts
General Daniel Ruggles turned his back on his Yankee roots to fight for the Confederacy
Mother Mandelbaum, New York’s Smartest Female Felon
Hard-working immigrant mama built a business empire buying and selling stolen goods
John Smith, the Working Class Hero Who Saved Jamestown
Farmer's son endured combat, enslavement, and near-execution before his talents as a diplomat brought peace with the Algonquians
War in Their Words: ‘I Can Make My Time Endurable’
A Norwegian immigrant wrote letters home in his native language and invisible ink
Book Review: Return to the Reich
Eric Lichtblau relates the story of Fred Mayer, a German Jew who in 1945 parachuted into Austria at the head of a three-man OSS team
Book Review: The Women Who Flew for Hitler
British historian Clare Mulley profiles the Third Reich’s leading female pilots Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg
Arch and Teddy: First Flight By a U.S. President
A bromance blossomed between Archibald Hoxsey and Theodore Roosevelt in 1910 when the early aviator took TR for a short flight—the first by a U.S. president.
Libbie Custer’s Literary Love Affair With Her Late Husband
For nearly six decades after Little Big Horn, George Custer's widow burnished the general's reputation and wrote movingly of reconciliation with former foes
Book Review: The Greatest of all Leathernecks
Joseph Arthur Simon relates the U.S. Marines’ transformation into an elite force and John Lejeune’s pre-eminent role in it
10 Great POW Escapes
Capture is an occupational hazard for soldiers and escape is a POW’s duty—some even succeed with imagination and style.
