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Weapons: Confederate Submarine H. L. Hunley

Despite being plagued by misfortune, the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley became the first underwater vessel to sink an enemy warship.

13 December 2019

Carl Gnam

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C-47 Crew Chief’s Four Flights into Hell

A C-47 crew chief tells about flying in the war’s four biggest aerial operations: Overlord, Market Garden, Varsity, and the relief of Bastogne during World War II.

13 December 2019

Carl Gnam

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The Battle for Noville during the Battle of the Bulge

A scratch force of an American armored division held a German panzer division at bay north of Bastogne during World War II.

10 December 2019

Carl Gnam

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Bloody Clash at the Battle of Ia Drang

Elite U.S. air cavalrymen won a desperate battle against North Vietnamese regulars in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam in November 1965.

10 December 2019

Carl Gnam

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Grant’s Ordeal at the Battle of Shiloh

Ulysses S. Grant faced a formidable command challenge on the first day at Shiloh in April 1862 when caught off guard by Albert Sydney Johnston’s spirited Rebel attack.

10 December 2019

Carl Gnam

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Rescue Plane Down

When the C-47 Skytrain Lana Turner, filled with wounded, went down in the Coral Sea off Guadalcanal a desperate search ensued.

3 December 2019

Carl Gnam

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Soldiers: Edward O.C. Ord

Major General Edward O.C. Ord was one of Ulysses S. Grant’s most-trusted battlefield commanders during the Civil War.

3 December 2019

Carl Gnam

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Weapons: WWII PT Boats

Fast-moving, heavily armed U.S. Navy PT boats harried enemy forces in the Pacific and European Theaters in World War II.

3 December 2019

Carl Gnam

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Insight: Bombing the Abbey

The Allied bombing of the abbey at Monte Cassino remains one of the most controversial events of the Italian campaign during World War II.

26 November 2019

Carl Gnam

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Race to Moscow

Operation Typhoon, the German drive to Moscow in 1941, pitted determined German troops against reinforced Soviet units and the unforgiving Russian winter.

26 November 2019

Carl Gnam

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Top Secret: Undercover Hero

Fighting for the Allies in World War II, OSS operative Peter Ortiz survived many harrowing encounters with the enemy.

22 November 2019

Carl Gnam

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The Red Ass Squadron Goes to War

A young fighter pilot survived and became a combat veteran as a member of the 356th Fighter Squadron during World War II.

22 November 2019

Carl Gnam

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Intelligence: Stephen Decatur

U.S. Navy commodore Stephen Decatur’s death in a duel may have been part of a conspiracy orchestrated by aggrieved rivals.

15 November 2019

Carl Gnam

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Alexander Nevsky’s Glorious Victory

The Teutonic Order sought to expand east into the Principality of Novgorod in the early 13th century, but it underestimated the will of the northern Russians.

15 November 2019

Carl Gnam

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Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division supported by British tankers and Guardsmen fought their way into the Dutch town of Nijmegen prior to a daring river assault against entrenched German defenders.

15 November 2019

Carl Gnam

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