HISTORY
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This Soldier Fought His Way from Southern France to Austria: Here Are His Recollections
As Allan W. Ostar approaches his 100th birthday, he can look back with pride on a career as an academic…
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Why A Rabbit Appears On This Japanese Samurai Helmet
This Japanese kawari-kabuto, or individualized helmet, dating from the 17th century sports the shape of a crouching rabbit forged from…
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The Americans Had the B1. The Soviets Doubled Down with the Blackjack
The Cold War was at its coldest in the 1960s, with the United States and the Soviet Union each engaged…
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Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon, Set to Star in President Garfield Assassination Historical Drama
Michael Shannon (“Nocturnal Animals”) is to play assassinated President James A. Garfield with Matthew Macfadyen (“Succession”) as his killer Charles Guiteau in…
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New Book Provides Long-Awaited Ground-Level Look at Combat Effectiveness
The exploration of unusual subjects—anything from flora and fauna to the effect of weather on the fighting—has increased greatly for…
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A Union Rebel Inside Robert E. Lee’s Family
“[Robert E. Lee Jr.] is off with Jackson & I hope will catch Pope & his cousin Louis Marshall,” General…
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First Medal of Honor Recipient from Vietnam War Dies at 89
Roger Donlon, the first American to receive a Medal of Honor for heroism during the Vietnam War, died Thursday in…
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The Making of a War Film
What is a war movie? Is it a faithful restaging of an actual historical event? Or is it a fictional…
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I’ll trade you Swoose for Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby!
Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby, the Boeing B-17G featured on the cover of Aviation History’s Summer 2023 issue, has completed another…
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How Curtis LeMay Put America’s Defenses on Alert 24/7
Seventy-five years ago, as both the Cold War and aviation technology were ramping up, the newly formed United States Air…
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