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wwii vet hollywood actor niven
World War II

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

By Jim Fletcher

Churchill
World War II

How Churchill became a writer who also won a war

By Jim Fletcher

Don Rickles
Navy

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

By Jim Fletcher

kibbutznik
Wars

The kibbutznik spymaster that came in from the cold

By Jim Fletcher

dirty harry
Weapons

When ‘Dirty Harry’ rescued real-life hostages

By Jim Fletcher

Shackleton
Entertainment

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

By Jim Fletcher

Lydia Litvyak
Cold War

Aces High: Over the Volga with Lydia Litvyak

By Jim Fletcher

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

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

By Jim Fletcher

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

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

By Jim Fletcher

The history behind the landlocked Wisconsin submarine
Subsurface

The history behind the landlocked Wisconsin submarine

By Jim Fletcher

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

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

By Jim Fletcher