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The Marines and the rare rifles you didn’t know were at D-Day

By Miguel Ortiz

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How the Marine Corps fought the Civil War

By Blake Stilwell

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This American flag survived D-Day, then was returned to the US 75 years later

By Stephen Ruiz

Operation Iraqi Freedom

The $1 billion robbery that Saddam Hussein pulled off before US bombs fell

By Stephen Ruiz

'Bill Nye the Science Guy'

How his father’s time in a Japanese POW camp influenced Bill Nye

By Stephen Ruiz

The US Navy took out a German sub in a legendary, high-stakes WWII battle

By Friedrich Seiltgen

Operation Babylift

The tragedy and controversy surrounding Operation Babylift

By Stephen Ruiz

'Medal of Honor: Footsie Britt'

AUSA graphic novel spotlights ex-NFL player who earned the Medal of Honor

By Stephen Ruiz

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Tom Hanks’ new 20-part docuseries takes a new look at World War II

By Blake Stilwell

Mike Vining on Vietnam, Delta Force, and the sardines he never ate

By Adam Gramegna

How Ronald Reagan healed scars from Vietnam on Memorial Day in 1984

By Stephen Ruiz

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This Black Green Beret battled communists and racism in Vietnam

By Miguel Ortiz

The sensational defection of Stalin’s daughter to the US during the Cold War

By Stephen Ruiz

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History Channel doc revisits boxing’s most politically charged rivalry

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The United States created rules for encountering a Yeti during the Cold War

By Blake Stilwell

Meet the 12-year-old sailor who fought at Guadalcanal

By Stephen Ruiz

The 7th Marine Expeditionary Brigade on exercises in the Arabian Desert outside Jubail, Saudi Arabia. (Jacques Langevin/Sygma via Getty Images)

21 facts about the First Gulf War

By Blake Stilwell

Why Saddam Hussein’s Fedayeen troops wore Darth Vader helmets

Why Saddam Hussein’s Fedayeen troops wore Darth Vader helmets

By Blake Stilwell

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Kurt Vonnegut’s ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ comes to life in a new Tralfamadore exhibit

By Blake Stilwell

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Here’s what happened when North Korea actually hit an American battleship

By Blake Stilwell

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Gruesome ax murders in the Korean DMZ almost started another Korean War

By Blake Stilwell

The American general most respected by the Nazis might surprise you

The American general most respected by the Nazis might surprise you

By Blake Stilwell

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A new AI database helps viewers search for Nazi families

By Blake Stilwell

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The Cuban Missile Crisis: 13 days that almost ended the world

By Blake Stilwell

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The USS Devilfish suffered the only kamikaze attack on a US submarine

By Friedrich Seiltgen

Trailblazing Vietnam veteran helped reveal how humans came to be

By Stephen Ruiz

Before 3 tours in Vietnam, this fighter pilot dropped nearly 20 miles from high above

By Stephen Ruiz

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Afghanistan War

The history of Rip It, the beverage that fueled the War on Terror

By Blake Stilwell

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This is why the 1st Marine Division ships out to ‘Waltzing Matilda’

By Blake Stilwell

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Meet the dog who went from a family pet to a World War II hero

By Stephen Ruiz

The immense challenge of teaching World War II in 270 minutes

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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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

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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

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Revolutionary War

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

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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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

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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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The Civil War created the modern American funeral industry

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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

By Stephen Ruiz

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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

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

By Stephen Ruiz