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This WWII vet was once the manly dandy in the world of Hollywood cinema

By Jim Fletcher

How Churchill became a writer who also won a war

By Jim Fletcher

How Don Rickles honed his craft during the greatest conflict in human history

By Jim Fletcher

Director of Israeli intelligence agency the Mossad, General Meir Amit (1921 - 2009), 1967. (Photo by Pictorial Parade/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The kibbutznik spymaster that came in from the cold

By Jim Fletcher

When ‘Dirty Harry’ rescued real-life hostages

By Jim Fletcher

When you’re in a hopeless situation, ‘Pray for Shackleton’

By Jim Fletcher

Aces High: Over the Volga with Lydia Litvyak

By Jim Fletcher

Black and white photograph of a man wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a double-breasted military coat with shoulder insignia, standing with one hand resting on a tree trunk wrapped with rope and the other hand on his hip. The man has a beard and a serious expression.

What Ulysses S. Grant taught us about the most successful failure

By Jim Fletcher

A black-and-white photo of a football game in action, showing a player wearing jersey number 27 running with the ball while several opposing players, including one with jersey number 89, attempt to tackle him. The background is filled with a large crowd of spectators.

How a 3rd-string quarterback made football history before his Army career

By Jim Fletcher

Side view of a docked submarine showing its metallic hull with rivets, safety railings, and various equipment mounted on the deck. The submarine is moored with chains and ropes to a pier.

The history behind the landlocked Wisconsin submarine

By Jim Fletcher

A man in a U.S. Air Force uniform with rank insignia of a colonel, wearing a dark blue jacket adorned with ribbons and a pilot's badge, standing in front of a blurred background with a flag featuring a white star on a blue field.

It’s a wonderfully, complicated life: How WWII shaped James ‘Jimmy’ Stewart

By Jim Fletcher

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