HISTORY
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What’s More Engaging Than a War Movie? This Documentary About the Filming of War Movies
War Movie: The American Battle in Cinema (on DVD and Blu-ray, five-part documentary, 315 minutes), Cantilever Films, written and directed…
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Why Did Lincoln and McClellan Fail to Connect?
On the first page of Conflict of Command, George Rable posits, “People have largely made up their mind about George…
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Special Guest Star: The B-17
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress has found itself back in the spotlight after the January 26 debut of the AppleTV+…
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Yes, Buzz Aldrin Walked on the Moon But We Asked Him About His Fighter Jock Days
Buzz Aldrin. (Randy Glass Studio) When Military History sought an interview with Buzz Aldrin, he initially demurred. The second human…
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Amelia Earhart: Found?
Deep Sea Vision, a company based in Charleston, South Carolina, has obtained sonar images from almost 17,000 feet below the…
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First Medal of Honor Recipient from Vietnam War Dies at 89
Roger Donlon, the first American to receive a Medal of Honor for heroism during the Vietnam War, died Thursday in…
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Did This Vietnamese Pilot Really Shoot Down a B-52?
Pham Tuan occupies two special places in Vietnamese history books—although both distinctions have attracted some controversy as well as fame.…
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I’ll trade you Swoose for Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby!
Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby, the Boeing B-17G featured on the cover of Aviation History’s Summer 2023 issue, has completed another…
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Unraveling the Story of a Somber Gettysburg Photograph
One of the many iconic photographs taken on the Gettysburg battlefield by Alexander Gardner’s photographic team was the heartbreaking image…
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The US Navy To Honor WWII Hero Dubbed the ‘Human Tugboat’
“Just tell me if I’m going the right way.” Charles Jackson French called the words out to a raft of…
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