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Revolutionary War

The anonymous plot to oust George Washington as commander-in-chief

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Marine Corps 250th birthday

Remembering 250 years of Marine Corps Commandants

By Daniel Tobias Flint

USS Arizona Pearl Harbor

How I teach the rise of dictators and America’s uneasy road to World War II

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Yellow Footprints at Marine Corps Parris Island for the Educators workshop

The Yellow Footprints: The Marine Corps Educators Workshop

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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Revolutionary War

Baron von Steuben and the birth of US Army discipline

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Benedict Arnold

Revolutionary War

Benedict Arnold and the most famous betrayal in American history

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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Captain America and the boldest punch in American pop culture

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War uniforms and the birth of an American army

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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President Lincoln personally led a recon mission during the Civil War

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Marquis de Lafayette

Marquis de Lafayette: Washington’s indispensable French commander

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Photographers captured an atomic blast at News Nob, the designated site for reporters to record images of the atmospheric tests, northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 24, 1957. In reaction to people’s interest, the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce promoted the dates and times for these tests.

‘Miss Atomic Bomb’ and America’s obsession with the Atomic Age

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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How ‘Major Payne’ became a Marine Corps comedy classic

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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EJ ‘Skullcrusher’ Snyder is sometimes naked but never afraid

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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Revolutionary War

The original US Navy was an armada of American rebels and privateers

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Revolutionary War

How Henry Knox became the artillery genius of the Revolutionary War

By Daniel Tobias Flint

John Frum Movement

The John Frum Movement and World War II ‘cargo cults’

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Burning of Norfolk

Revolutionary War

The Revolutionary War battle that forced Americans to choose sides

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Nathanael Greene

Nathanael Greene: The Revolutionary War’s most underrated leader

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Marine fighter ace Joseph Foss

What happened after the TSA confiscated a World War II hero’s Medal of Honor

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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World War II alliances fueled the resurgence of the post-war American mafia

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Thomas Paine "Common Sense"

Revolutionary War

How a plain-language pamphlet created America’s revolutionary mindset

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Operation Absolute Resolve

What Operation Absolute Resolve teaches students about America’s past and present

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena

Two veterans shaped the UFO phenomenon from a joke into real federal policy

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Daniel Morgan's riflemen

Revolutionary War

Daniel Morgan’s Revolutionary War riflemen were America’s original scout snipers

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island

The friendly rivalry between ‘Hollywood Marines’ and Parris Island Marines

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Henry J.F. Miller

How a drunken major general almost ruined the surprise of D-Day

By Daniel Tobias Flint

FDR Ford Phaeton

How FDR’s custom cars fueled his fight for independence

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Navy Combat Demolition Unit reenactment

Naval Combat Demolition Units and the sailors who made D-Day possible

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Aleutian Islands

Japan’s invasion of Alaska and the only World War II land campaign on American soil

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Herbert Hoover embraced ‘Hooverball’ to stay fit amid economic turmoil

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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The American mafia teamed up with the Navy to get even with Mussolini

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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Depression-era hobo signs were America’s first secret survival codes

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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The tiny Cold War helicopter the Marines almost took into combat

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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The Black Seminole Scouts’ ‘Unconquered Four’ Medal of Honor recipients

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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The 1952 UFO Washington sighting that upended decades of denial

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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The heroism and legacy of US military chaplains in combat

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Triple Nickles: A C-47 carries parachutists of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion to the scene of a remote fire in Wallowa forest, Oregon. (National Archives)

America’s first all-Black paratrooper unit protected American civilians during World War II

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Charles "Lucky" Luciano, former vice king of New York. Luciano was deported to Italy in 1946. (Bettmann)

How Mafia boss Lucky Luciano joined World War II from his prison cell

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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‘MAS*H’ made television history while keeping Korean War history alive

By Daniel Tobias Flint

National Guard Soldiers of the 165th Infantry (formerly the 69th Regiment, New York National Guard) prepare to move forward with weapons at the ready during an attack at Landres-et-St. Georges in October 1918. The 165th Infantry fought as part of the 42nd “Rainbow” Division during St. Mihiel in September and Meuse-Argonne in October, part of the American Expeditionary Force 100 days offensive that brought an end to World War I.

When Patton met MacArthur in the mud of St. Mihiel

By Daniel Tobias Flint

A U.S. Army Green Beret assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) gathers vegetation to conceal his team's position before an ambush drill as part of a validation exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 29, 2025. A VALEX validates the company's operational proficiency through integrated training with partner forces, bolstering interoperability and readiness to ensure effective combined operations in support of national security objectives. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Edgar Martinez)

The Indian Scouts that forged the legacy of American Special Forces

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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A brief history of animals in the US military

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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FDR dressed up as Julius Caesar for a White House toga party

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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Nazi sabotage teams were captured infiltrating the US during World War II

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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The Black Seminoles’ culture and legacy of resistance and strength

By Daniel Tobias Flint

A US Marine from Battalion Landing Team 29, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California, and a Somali nervously greet each other as the man comes out of his house to see what the Marines are doing. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope.

Operation Restore Hope was much bigger than ‘Black Hawk Down’

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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‘Operation Underworld’ was a secret wartime pact no one saw coming

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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The Seminole War that America forgot to call a slave rebellion

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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The US plan to nuke its interstate highways into existence

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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Thanksgiving in wartime meant rationing, sacrifice, and resilient American meals

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Misty Lakota (left) a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation and William Pollock was a Pawnee who volunteered during the Spanish-American War, serving with distinction alongside Theodore Roosevelt. (National Museum of the American Indian)

Honoring 250 years of the Marine Corps and the enduring legacy of Native American warriors

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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The Seminole Wars: Florida’s longest conflicts

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Seminoles ambush Maj. Francis Dade’s 110-man column during its march from Fort Brooke to Fort King in 1835. The news of the Dade Massacre sparked the U.S. government's retaliation against the Seminoles. (Ken Hughes)

How the Seminoles shaped the Green Berets and became America’s ‘unconquered people’

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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The original Green Berets: tracing the roots of US Special Forces

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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Harriet Tubman was America’s first unconventional warfare commander

By Daniel Tobias Flint

World War II parachute wedding gowns inspire modern couture

World War II parachute wedding gowns inspire modern couture

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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That time Los Angeles fought off an imaginary Japanese bombing raid

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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