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We Are The Mighty celebrates America's 250th birthday with the stories of the most important people and events that created, shaped, and sustained the United States and the American Experience.

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

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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Latest in America250

A 100-plus year history of iconic US military helmets

The vital role that the US Army played in the establishment of Juneteenth

Meet the one-legged spy who helped rid the world of the Nazis

Iraq’s ‘Triangle of Death’ is still famously dangerous real estate

What ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ meant to Douglas MacArthur

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

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

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

A nod to NODs and the history of US military night vision

‘The Grand Old Man of the Marine Corps’ served 38 years as Commandant

A Navy veteran’s unintentional discovery led to the microwave

An ode to the Deuce-and-a-Half: the M35 Cargo Truck

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

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

The secret telegram that defined the Cold War before it began

7 hours of grit and determination that changed the Civil War

The US Navy’s first submarine was a hand-cranked wooden egg

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

This Army pilot went from flying Black Hawks to setting a spaceflight record

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

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