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President Lincoln personally led a recon mission during the Civil War

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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What the Soviet Union thought as it watched Operation Desert Storm

By Blake Stilwell

Continental Navy frigate Confederacy

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

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How a Frenchman made a World War I artillery shell disappear

By Adam Gramegna

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This was the only mutiny on an American ship in the past 100 years

By Blake Stilwell

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Veterans suffering from Gulf War Illness won a 30-year war for recognition

By Adam Gramegna

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12 strange and surprising facts about the Civil War

By Blake Stilwell

Joe Foss Guadalcanal

This Medal of Honor recipient came up with the idea for the Super Bowl

By Stephen Ruiz

John Frum Movement

The John Frum Movement and the Legacy of World War II in the South Pacific

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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How the Navy Once Mistook Venus for a Japanese War Balloon

By Bethaney Phillips

Burning of Norfolk

Revolutionary War

The Revolutionary War battle that forced Americans to choose sides

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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These crusader knights answered the call to fight World War I

By Blake Stilwell

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That time an entire battle stopped to watch two soldiers in a fistfight

By Blake Stilwell

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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

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Revolutionary War

The Raid on Richmond was Benedict Arnold’s best battle as a British general

By Blake Stilwell

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The reason Gen. George Patton is buried in Luxembourg

By Miguel Ortiz

Olympian Charley Paddock

This Olympian served under a Medal of Honor recipient during World War II

By Stephen Ruiz

Rafael Peralta Navy Cross

The controversial Marine grenade hero of Fallujah that Washington still argues about

By Stephen Ruiz