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This Vessel Did Yeoman’s Work for the US Navy During WWII
Small, speedy, and versatile, PT (patrol torpedo) boats did yeoman’s work for the U.S. Navy during World War II. Four...
Read moreSpying with Balloons? It’s Been Done Before
On February 2, 2023, Pentagon officials revealed that a Chinese surveillance balloon had been drifting over parts of the United...
Read moreThese War Films Were Remade — Should They Have Been?
Beau Geste The 1924 novel by P.C. Wren, about brothers who run off to join the French Foreign Legion in...
Read moreHo Chi Minh’s 1946 Letter to President Truman Before the Vietnam War
The following is a Jan. 18, 1946, letter written by Ho Chi Minh to U.S. President Harry Truman made available...
Read moreHe Was 19 When He Crashed Over Vietnam. Now He’s Coming Home.
On Oct. 26, 1971, U.S. Army Pfc. Thomas F. Green and nine others took off in a CH-47B Chinook helicopter,...
Read moreNew Memorial Will Honor America’s Hmong Allies
A new memorial to honor the members of the Laotian Hmong community who fought and died for the U.S. in...
Read moreHow The ‘French 75’ Started A Revolution in Field Artillery
The Matériel de 75mm Mle 1897—aka the “French 75” or Soixante-Quinze—was a revolution in field artillery. In 1890, Gen. Charles...
Read moreDuring the Blitz, the UK Had a Secret Weapon Against Nazi Raids: Carrots
Wear a sweater or you’ll catch a cold. Don’t swim after eating. Eat your carrots — they’ll improve your eyesight....
Read moreThis Journalist Risked His Life to Reveal the Horrors of Lynching in the South
Riding the bus from his Harlem boardinghouse to his new job in downtown Manhattan on a frigid February day in...
Read moreNazi Homeschoolers Unmasked! Dog License Helps Anti-Fascists ID Ohio Couple Who Taught Hate
“We are so deeply invested into making sure that that child becomes a wonderful Nazi, and by home-schooling, we’re going...
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