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“Red” Mantini: Hero Of The 24th Infantry Division In Philippines
By Richard A. BerantyAngelo J. “Red” Mantini was hardly an angel growing up in the small coal-mining towns of western Pennsylvania in the 1930s. Read more
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – Breaking Down the Walls
By Joseph LusterThere’s currently a blazing hot war taking place within the very feed of our television advertising spectrum. If you haven’t noticed or, better yet, aren’t one to waste as much time as me watching TV, this is a head-to-head battle between two larger-than-life war game franchises. Read more
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The German American Bund: Confessions of a Nazi Spy
by Kathleen KarrCONFIDENTIAL TO LEADERS
It is a well-known fact, of course, that any movement needs something to dramatize it, to appeal to the public’s sense of sensationalism. Read more
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The HUAC Files
Kevin M. HymelThe records of the House Unamerican Activities Committee are kept in the National Archives in Washington, DC. The collection of “Unamericans” is stored in pull-out drawers, filling an entire wall in the building’s Legislative Archives. Read more
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The Sinking of Scharnhorst
By Robert Barr SmithShe was a beautiful ship, long and sleek and very fast. She was christened Scharnhorst,named for Prussian General Gerhard Scharnhorst,one of the revered founders of the Prussian Army. Read more
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General Joseph “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell
By Kevin M. HymelGeneral Joseph Stilwell was one of the United States’ best military commanders, yet in the course of America’s involvement in World War II he never led U.S. Read more
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The Fieseler Storch Fi 156
by Blaine TaylorOn March 12, 1939, Heroes’ Memorial Day (or Veterans Day) in the Nazi Third Reich, the thousands of onlookers at the giant annual parade in Berlin were treated to an unusual sight as a small monoplane landed on the Unter den Linden between Hermann Göring’s State Opera House and the Neue Wache (New Guardshouse). Read more
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Jacob Vouza’s Defiant Stand During the Guadalcanal Campaign
By Al HemingwayA few days after the Marines had established a toehold on the island of Guadalcanal, a trio of natives appeared at the mouth of the Tenaru River. Read more
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William Nolan: Remembering the Bataan Death March
By John WukovitsStaff Sergeant William Nolan dared not raise his hopes this August day in 1945, but something unusual was unfolding. Read more
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Sara Hauptman: Resistance Fighter And Holocaust Survivor
by Sue A. OliverWhen the Nazis paraded in triumph down the Champs Elysees on June 14, 1940, Sara Hauptman shook her fist at them from the crowded Parisian sidewalk. Read more
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USS Houston And HMAS Perth Stood Tall At the Battle Of Sunda Strait
By John WukovitsThe haggard American sailors aboard the limping cruiser hoped that the journey upon which they had just embarked was the long-expected voyage back to the United States. Read more
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The Fall Of Shanghai: Prelude To The Rape Of Nanking & WWII
By Eric NiderostIn the 1930s Shanghai was in its heyday, a teeming metropolis of some 3.5 million people. The great city was a fascinating blend of cultures, its very existence refuting Rudyard Kipling’s famous aphorism. Read more
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General Chiang Kai-shek And Kuomintang Resisted Mao And Japanese
by Eric NiderostThe Chinese Army of 1932-1937 reflected the political and social upheaval that plagued the country during this period. Read more
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Jacqueline Cochran: Blazing A Trail For Women In Aviation Service
By Michael D. HullOn September 28, 1939, the day after Warsaw fell to the German Army, American aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran sat down and wrote a letter to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Read more
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HMS Upholder Fought In Mediterranean To Defeat Rommel In North Africa
By Robert Barr SmithShe was a tiny vessel, not really designed for the dangers and hardships of war in far places and deep waters. Read more
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An Occurrence at Wrightsville Bridge
By Don HollwayThe citizens of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, awoke one morning in late June 1863 to find the Civil War literally at their doorsteps. Read more
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Battle of Mortain: The Big Red One’s Square-Off with German Panzers
By Al HemingwayAt the start of the Battle of Mortain, Field Marshal Gunther Von Kluge was in an optimistic mood. Read more
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Operation Silver Fox: An Opportunity Lost at Murmansk
By Pat McTaggartAs Adolf Hitler began to formulate his grandiose plans for the conquest of the Soviet Union, he considered the far northern operation area little more than a sideshow. Read more
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The Falaise Pocket: Sight Of Fanatical German Resistance
by Al HemingwayWhile the 30th Infantry Division was fighting for its life at Mortain, a plan was devised to cut off the retreating German Army in an area known as the Falaise Pocket. Read more
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Game Reviews: Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces
by Joseph LusterSega and Relic Entertainment are getting ready to expand the Company of Heroes series once more with Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces. Read more
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