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Book Review: ‘Nimitz at War’ by Craig L. Symonds
The first major biography of Admiral Chester Nimitz in nearly 50 years reveals important new insights on his World War II leadership.
Crypto Bros Tried to Buy the Constitution. Here’s Why Billionaire Ken Griffin Stopped Them.
The hedge-fund magnate has revealed what drove him to shell out $43.2 million for America's charter of government.
Hidden Monument Honors Redeemed Gettysburg Colonel
At Gettysburg, the 125th N.Y. amended its woeful start to the war, but lost its highly regarded Colonel, George Willard.
There Is Now a Face for Every Name on the Vietnam War Wall
The decades-long Wall of Faces project, meant to humanize the names on the iconic Vietnam War memorial, is now complete.
This WWII Battle Was A Footnote in American History — It Haunted This Marine For the Rest of His Life
The epic battle of Peleliu in 1944, in the island nation of Palau, did […]
How Did Astronauts Learn to Fly the Space Shuttle? They Flew This
NASA's Space Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) prepared astronauts for landing the "flying brick"
Mott, Stanton and Anthony: The Friendship That Won Women the Right to Vote
These women birthed the suffragist movement, but fell out over whether Black men should have gotten the right to vote before white women.
From the Footlocker: A German POW’s Postcard From a Soviet Camp
Did the USSR typically allow prisoners to write home, or was this one especially lucky?