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Cold War

An Air Force plane crashed in Death Valley during the Cold War (and is still there)

The Air Force and CIA collaborated during the Cold War to thwart the spread of Communism.
James River pontoon bridge
Civil War

7 hours of grit and determination that changed the Civil War

More than 100,000 soldiers marched across a newly constructed pontoon bridge and crossed the James River in 1864.

An artist depiction of the Bushnell Turtle in action against the HMS Eagle in New York Harbor.
Navy

The US Navy’s first submarine was a hand-cranked wooden egg

The U.S. military’s understanding of submarine technology began with the Turtle.

Alcatraz Island
Civil War

The forgotten Civil War legacy of America’s most notorious prison

Alcatraz wasn’t always where America’s most notorious prisoners went to serve their time.

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