Movie Review: “Danger Close” Brings Home Reality of Vietnam War
This film deservedly joins the ranks of exceptionally well-made, authentically re-created Vietnam War movies |
Failing John Brown’s Raid, Freeman Osborne Anderson Flees Harpers Ferry
The failure of John Brown's rebellion sent surviving freeman Osborne Anderson on a harrowing journey
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Russian Museum Honors Women War Heroes with Art Exhibit
Russia’s largest military history museum launched an art exhibit to honor female fighters from World War II |
Building Wildcat Wade’s Spitfire Vb
As the Battle of Britain raged, Reichsmarchall Hermann Göring reportedly asked Luftwaffe ace Adolf Galland if there was anything he needed to make the Nazi campaign go more smoothly. Major Galland is said to have responded, “Give me a squadron of Spitfires.”
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National WWI Museum Opens ‘Why Keep That?’ Exhibit
Those old ticket stubs from Britney Spears’ 2001 Oops!… I Did It Again Tour that you held onto for absolutely no reason may end up in a museum one day. At least that’s the gist of The National WWI Museum and Memorial’s latest exhibit opening Wednesday, January 27. The Kansas City-based museum will feature “ephemera … |
This Was the Last Gunfighting Crusader of the Air
Vought’s F-8 Crusader successfully bridged the gap between the days of close-quarters dogfighting and the supersonic era of long-range missile engagements. The carrier plowed through the gale-wracked Barents Sea, its escorts shedding white foam as they emerged from mountainous waves, the weather so bad that flight operations were canceled. On the misty horizon, a Soviet …
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Last Ride at Anzio
Fierce German counterattacks came within one mile of destroying an Allied invasion in early 1944 |
D-Day at Anzio
Rangers who stormed the Italian coastal city on January 22, 1944, literally caught the Germans with their pants down. On the evening of Friday, January 21, 1944, Berthold Richter, a 19-year-old engineer in 29th Panzer Grenadier Division, wrote a letter to his parents. “I am looking forward to some leave soon and hope to see …
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American Outpost at Japan’s Front Door
Remote Pacific Islands attracted settlers who dreamed of annexation
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Amanda Gorman Drew Inspiration from History to Deliver Inaugural Poem
At just 19-years-old, Amanda Gorman became the first National Youth Poet Laureate. On Wednesday, at age 22, she became the youngest person to deliver a poem at a presidential inauguration, joining a small group of poets— including Robert Frost and Maya Angelou — to have ever done so. “It was really daunting to begin the …
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