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Why your future bunkers might be made of wood

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but they’re also great building materials. And the Department of Defense is eyeing a return to stick-based construction in some places where it currently uses concrete and similar materials. Fire and blast te…

The sailor from the iconic V-J Day in Times Square picture has died

This is the drill book America used before the ‘Blue Book’

The real reason top mobsters didn’t fight World War II

ByBlake Stilwell

This Nazi officer risked his life to save an American soldier

ByBlake Stilwell

This airborne sergeant re-enacts World War I

This is why North Korea’s dictator travels by train

ByBlake Stilwell

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Why your future bunkers might be made of wood

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This soldier waited 150 years to receive the Medal of Honor

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The sailor from the iconic V-J Day in Times Square picture has died

This is the drill book America used before the ‘Blue Book’

The real reason top mobsters didn’t fight World War II

ByBlake Stilwell

This Nazi officer risked his life to save an American soldier

ByBlake Stilwell

This airborne sergeant re-enacts World War I

This is why North Korea’s dictator travels by train

ByBlake Stilwell

The Taliban have special forces and the tech to match it

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That time Washington tried to burn New York to the ground

5 terrifying things US troops faced in Vietnam’s jungles

ByBlake Stilwell

The British trained ex-slaves to fight the US in the War of 1812

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The punk kid who couldn’t stop beating Russia

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Britain planned a fake invasion of Norway in WWII

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This is the infantryman posthumously receiving the MoH

Hippies tried to levitate the Pentagon to end the Vietnam War

ByBlake Stilwell

The stunning way Andrew Jackson prevented a mass desertion

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WWII vet surprised with 50,000 birthday cards

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