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1st Special Service Force Fight for Mt. La Difensa
By Christopher MiskimonDusk came early as they boarded the convoy of trucks, their olive-drab forms softened by baggy trousers and heavy field jackets. Read more
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SEALs: the Birth of the Navy’s ‘Special Warfare’ Force
By Bud HylandToday’s Navy SEALs (for Sea, Air, and Land special warfare experts) have a history shrouded in secrecy. Commissioned in 1962, they are the most elite shore-area Special Forces in the world, concentrating on very select and often-clandestine intelligence gathering and precision strike missions. Read more
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Bicycle Infantry: Still a Tool of Modern Warfare?
by Peter Suicu
Ironically, two nations that used bikes in the greatest numbers have never actually used them in anger. Read more
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Warriors on Water
By John W. Osborn Jr.“We were to be terrorists. Our job was to terrorize the Germans,” one former member said dramatically. Read more
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Princess Ecaterina Caradja: Angel of Ploesti
By Duane SchultzLieutenant Richard Britt, navigator aboard a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber named Chattanooga Choo Choo, woke up to find himself trapped in the wreckage. Read more
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Frederick’s Devil’s Brigade & Bringing Back the V-42 Stiletto
By Michael HaskewThe fight at Monte La Difensa on December 3, 1943, was swift but brutal as members of the First Special Service Force, a combined unit of U.S. Read more
