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Here’s how the Battle of the Coral Sea would go down today

The Battle of the Coral Sea is notable for being the first naval battle in which ships fought without ever sighting the enemy fleet. This means that all the fighting was done with aircraft — the ships themselves never exchanged fire. But ho…

ByHarold C. Hutchison
The Army found cannons and other Revolutionary War artifacts in the Savannah River
ByMiguel Ortiz
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Was George H.W. Bush almost eaten by cannibals?
ByBethaney Phillips
This battle against ISIS was the biggest in the Philippines since WWII
ByMiguel Ortiz
Arlington National Cemetery workers carried a WWII vet to see his wife’s grave
ByBlake Stilwell
John C. McCloughan’s MOH was unique. Here’s why
ByLogan Nye
The mystery of the French Foreign Legion totally exposed
ByOrvelin Valle

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