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The immense challenge of teaching World War II in 270 minutes

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Army National Guard

The National Guard unit that stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day

The story of 4 brothers who served on the Juneau with the Sullivans

By Stephen Ruiz

This No. 1 overall draft pick became the NFL’s MVP while in the Army

By Stephen Ruiz

How this Air Force spy plane traveled from coast to coast in record time

By Stephen Ruiz

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Sailors relive the 1980s ‘Tanker War’ amid today’s Hormuz Crisis

Amos Chapple, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The secret telegram that defined the Cold War before it began

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Cuban Missile Crisis

The ‘Gray Ghosts’ of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Death Valley plane crash site

An Air Force plane crashed in Death Valley during the Cold War (and is still there)

By Stephen Ruiz

James River pontoon bridge

7 hours of grit and determination that changed the Civil War

By Daniel Tobias Flint

A Nazi was the only person convicted of spying in connection with Pearl Harbor

By Stephen Ruiz

Alcatraz Island

The forgotten Civil War legacy of America’s most notorious prison

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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How friendly fire could have killed Scotty from ‘Star Trek’ on D-Day

By Stephen Ruiz

"Mad Anthony" Wayne

Revolutionary War

Washington’s most terrifying general was shot in the head and refused to leave the battle

By Daniel Tobias Flint

creeping barrage world war I tactic ukraine

Ukraine is using a World War I ‘creeping barrage’ tactic to turn the tide of the war

By Blake Stilwell

This Navy aviator escaped his captors during the Vietnam War and lived to tell about it

By Stephen Ruiz

World War I medic

How a bidding war inspired a WWI veteran to push for an NFL draft

By Stephen Ruiz

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‘Masters of the Air’ got a definitive new edition from The Folio Society

By Blake Stilwell

How a steamboat carrying Union soldiers became ‘America’s Titanic’

By Stephen Ruiz

USS Indianapolis

The ship that delivered the atomic bomb was sunk, and nobody came to look for it

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Revolutionary War

The Liberty Bell was named by abolitionists, not the founding fathers

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Revolutionary War

More Americans died on one British prison ship than in most Revolutionary War combat

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Revolutionary War

George Washington’s secret spy code name was Agent 711

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Neil Armstrong Korea

That time Neil Armstrong survived ejecting from his fighter jet in Korea

By Stephen Ruiz

Medal of Honor recipient Beauford Anderson

A Medal of Honor recipient used a dud enemy mortar to save US troops during WWII

By Stephen Ruiz

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How the Civil War created the modern American funeral industry

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Korean War paratrooper

The combat jumps of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team in Korea

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Bob Feller military service throws to Joe DiMaggio during his Apr. 30, 1946 no-hitter at Yankee Stadium. (Hugh Broderick/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

Decorated Navy vet Bob Feller is the only MLB pitcher to throw an Opening Day no-hitter

By Stephen Ruiz

An army unit deployed remembering RED friday

RED Friday returns as combat deployments ramp up

By Adam Gramegna

Gremlin Special survivors

How the daring rescue of 3 Army soldiers after a WWII plane crash in ‘Shangri-La’ unfolded

By Friedrich Seiltgen

First Battle of Bull Run

Why the Union wore blue and the Confederacy gray during the Civil War

Flame erupts from a building hit with a TOW missile launched by soldiers of the Army's 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Mosul, Iraq. Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay were killed in the battle as they resisted Coalition forces. (U.S. Army/Spc. Robert Woodward)

Operation Tapeworm: How the US Army’s most elite hunted down Saddam’s sons

By Friedrich Seiltgen

Anglo-Zanzibar War

The world’s shortest war lasted an incredibly brief 38 minutes

By Stephen Ruiz

World War II squadron

The WWII bombardier whose family spent 12 years bringing him home from the ocean floor

By Stephen Ruiz

This is what a broom tied to a mast means in the US Navy

This is what a broom tied to a mast means in the US Navy

Vietnam war booby traps training poster

8 of the most terrifying Vietnam War booby traps

By Blake Stilwell

John Glenn Ted Williams

What John Glenn did to save his famous wingman’s life in Korea

By Stephen Ruiz

john brown tragic prelude civil war

How John Brown’s raid on the arsenal at Harper’s Ferry made the Civil War inevitable

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Atoms for Peace

How Eisenhower’s ‘Atoms for Peace’ initiative started Iran’s nuclear program

By Stephen Ruiz

How the Marine Corps’ oldest division survived at Chosin Reservoir

By Stephen Ruiz

washington at valley forge during the conway cabal

Revolutionary War

The anonymous plot to oust George Washington as commander-in-chief

By Daniel Tobias Flint

This plane survived Pearl Harbor and struck back at Midway

By Miguel Ortiz

Million Dollar Point WWII Dump Site Vanuatu.

The Allies refused to buy American surplus after WWII so US troops pushed it into the ocean

By Bethaney Phillips

jane fonda mugshot vietnam vets ohio

The real story of Jane Fonda and the Vietnam vets who hate her

By Blake Stilwell

Vietnam War Hanoi Hilton

How a sailor remembered 256 prisoners of war through song

By Blake Stilwell

Handmade U.S. flag

How a soldier’s homemade US flag made it from a WWII POW camp to the Smithsonian

By Stephen Ruiz

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The shortest soldier in American history was a Green Beret who fought in Vietnam

By Blake Stilwell

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The highest ranking US military officer in World War II isn’t who you think

By Blake Stilwell

B-29 Superfortress bomber

This WWII aviation program was more expensive than the Manhattan Project

By Miguel Ortiz

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That time MacArthur promised to capture a hill or die on it

USS Arizona Pearl Harbor

How I teach the rise of dictators and America’s uneasy road to World War II

By Daniel Tobias Flint

George C. Scott's delivery in "Patton" was pretty good, but it apparently paled in comparison to Patton's real pre-battle speech.

Patton’s famous speech was way more vulgar than the one in the movie

By Blake Stilwell

World War II bombing of Nagasaki

This Marine survived the Bataan Death March, a ship sinking, and an atomic bomb

By Stephen Ruiz

Battle of White Oak Swamp Bridge

How the Seven Days Battles lengthened the Civil War by 2 years

baron von steuben blue book army

Revolutionary War

Baron von Steuben and the birth of US Army discipline

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Benedict Arnold

Revolutionary War

Benedict Arnold and the most famous betrayal in American history

By Daniel Tobias Flint

curtis lemay in judogi

Curtis LeMay: World War II bomber, cold warrior, and judo champion

By Blake Stilwell

Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War uniforms and the birth of an American army

By Daniel Tobias Flint

The mathematician who saved hundreds of flight crews during World War II

president lincoln leads recon mission recreation history

President Lincoln personally led a recon mission during the Civil War

By Daniel Tobias Flint

soviet union gulf war soldier standing atop tank in front of Burning Oil Fields

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