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When Faced With Simple, Hard Choices, We Need to Be Like Ike — a ‘Designated Son of a Bitch’
General Dwight D. Eisenhower's seldom-seen steely side came in handy while laying the groundwork for Operation Overlord.
How A WWII Banana Shortage Changed The Course of Twinkie History
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This British Military Cap Was So Ugly It Drove One Man to Suicide
There are unattractive uniforms, and then there are those so ugly that soldiers who wear them literally kill themselves.
Deep Cut Into Dixie: Inside the Union Raid That Tore the Heart Out of Mississippi
As Benjamin Grierson rampaged through Mississippi in the spring of 1863, a detail of Union troopers embarked on a raid of their own
to keep the Confederates in further disarray.