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Young Women Were America’s First Industrial Workforce
The massive textile mills of Lowell, Mass., signaled a change for American labor.

What Are the Limits of Firepower? Maj. Gen. Robert Scales Speaks About America’s Way of War in Vietnam
Hamburger Hill veteran and expert on U.S. firepower Maj. Gen. Robert Scales shares his experiences in Vietnam and his views on U.S. strategy.

Most POWs Want to Go Home–But After World War II, Some Faced Death on Arrival.
Post WWII, Stalin blackmailed the Allies to forcibly repatriate all Soviet POWs held by Germany.

How Wheat’s Tigers’ Opening Gambit at First Manassas Turned to Legend
A fresh look at the Louisiana Zouaves' success in the war's opening battle.

A look under the surface of the Battle of Midway
Mark W. Allen's new book dives into the importance of submarine warfare at Midway

These Guatemalan flyers were inspired by Lindbergh’s goodwill tour
Miguel Granados was a colonel in Guatemala’s air corps who, accompanied by Lieutenant Carlos […]

Darkness Could Not Spare the Japanese From These B-24s — Neither Could Daylight
The top-secret Wright Project brought a new weapon to the war in the Pacific.

How a Fight Over Water Rights Between Two Farmers Ended in One’s Murder and the Other’s Lynching
The case of one Patrick Cleary out of Kansas featured a deadly shooting, a murder conviction, a hung jury and a jailbreak—and that’s only half the story.