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Heroism and Horror in the First World War
By Al HemingwayJust before 7:30 on the morning of July 1, 1916, an ear-shattering explosion shook the earth near the village of Beaumont-Hamel in France. Read more
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Benedict Arnold’s Navy
By Al HemingwayWhenever the name of Benedict Arnold is mentioned, people immediately think in terms of the traitorous act he attempted to perpetrate against the fledging United States of America in 1780 by surrendering West Point, New York, to the British. Read more
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No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy
By Al HemingwayOn April15, 2004 in the Sunni triangle of Al Anbar Province in Iraq, a known haven for terrorists, elements of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines (code-named Warlord) were conducting search and clear operations. Read more
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Did the South lose the Civil War because of Northern superiority or its own mismanagement?
By Al HemingwayIt has long been suggested that due to the union’s industrial might and its larger population, the South lost the American Civil War. Read more
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Cutting through the layers of myth and legend surrounding Custer’s battle at the Little Bighorn.
By Lt. Col. Harold E. Raugh, Jr., Ph.D., U.S. Army (Ret.)The Battle of the Little Bighorn, June 25, 1876, resulted in Lt. Read more
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The Hidden History of Valley Forge
By Harold E. Raugh, Jr., Ph.D., U.S. Army (Ret.)The freezing winter of 1777-1778, which General George Washington’s Continental Army spent on the verge of starvation and collapse at Valley Forge, was a turning point of the American Revolution. Read more
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Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History
By Lt. Col. Harold E. Raugh, Jr., Ph.D., U.S. Army (Ret.)The United States has been called a country made by war. Read more
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The Icon of German Militarism
By Lt. Col. Harold E. Raugh, Jr., Ph.D., U.S. Army (Ret.)German Army Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg is regarded as a towering hero of World War I, the victor of the Battles of Tannenberg (1914) and the Masurian Lakes (1914 and 1915), as well as army chief of staff and master strategist. Read more
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Hell in the Pacific
By Mason B. WebbAsk anyone today to name the three toughest, most important battles of World War II and chances are good that the name “Iwo Jima” will be at, or somewhere near, the top of the list. Read more
