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This Young Woman Was The First CIA Agent Killed in Vietnam.
Inspired by JFK, Barbara Robbins went to Vietnam to do her part to fight communism. At age 21, she became the youngest CIA employee killed on duty.
This Photographer Delivered the Truth About Crimea — But It Wasn’t What the British Crown Wanted to See
Roger Fenton and his assistant designed a custom van to hold all the equipment they would need to capture the realities of war.
Crisis at Checkpoint Charlie
Perhaps the closest the world has come to all-out nuclear war was on Oct. 27–28, 1961.
He Fought With Washington At The Siege Of Yorktown—And Wrote About The Experience.
Continental soldier Joseph Plumb Martin never forgot meeting George Washington one dark and rainy night before the climactic battle at Yorktown.
Merry Christmas in Korea
The Grumman Tigercat first flew in 1943 but it arrived too late for a combat role in World War II. The Marine Corps ordered 500 of the carrier-based, twin-engine airplanes but used the Tigercat for land-based missions in Korea.
Washington Crossing the Delaware — A Christmas Classic
Emanuel Leutze helped cement the December 1776 American victory at Trenton, New Jersey, in the American mind.
‘Old Simon’ Comes Home
The monument's journey to Antietam National Cemetery wasn't an easy one.
Was This True Love or Was He Swindled? A Civil War Romance Mystery
A young Yankee private navigates the horror of war in Virginia and sudden fatherhood back home.