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The Many Faces of Adolf Hitler

By Kevin M. Hymel

As the Allied armies in the West closed in on Germany in late September 1944, one question began to dog many of democracy’s leaders. Read more

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Hot Chow on the Frontlines

By Kevin M. Hymel

From the training grounds to the battlefront, soldiers and Marines usually dined on C and K rations. Read more

An instructor flips a soldier backward in hand-to-hand judo training. Infantrymen also learned how to incapacitate a man using a stick.

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Specific Training for Pacific Fighting

By Kevin M. Hymel

On the Hawaiian island of Oahu, soldiers learned how to close with the Japanese in the jungles of the Pacific. Read more

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