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    Airmen Behind The Medals – Review By Mark Barnes

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    Feb 21, 2016 Mark Barnes

    Graham Pitchfork is a prolific author and happens to be a retired air force officer of vast experience and he brings all this to the books…

    Leave No Man Behind: The Search for Missing Soldiers in Vietnam

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    Feb 21, 2016 Ian Harvey

    Technical Sergeant Robin Bailon, didn’t think she’d end up where she did. She originally enlisted in the Air Force to help serve her country, but…

    5 Grand Goals Napoleon Aimed to Achieve in Egypt

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    Feb 21, 2016 Andrew Knighton

    The Egyptian campaign Napoleon led in 1798 was one of the greatest disasters of his career. After his fleet was destroyed by Nelson at the…

    5 Flaws That Ruined Stonewall Jackson’s Brilliance

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    Feb 21, 2016 Andrew Knighton

    General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson is widely regarded as one of the greatest tactical commanders in American military history. Though it was his solid determination…

    Marine Sergeant With Near Suicidal Courage, Was Awarded TWO Medals of Honor And Nominated For a Third!

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    Feb 21, 2016 Trygve Hammer

    On 10 June 1918, during the Battle of Belleau Wood, 44-year-old Marine Corps First Sergeant Dan Daly, armed with a pistol and hand grenades, single-handedly…

    Matt Urban: The Greatest Soldier in American History!! But you’ve never heard of him, right?

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    Feb 21, 2016 Jeff Edwards

    If a man earns seven Purple Hearts and lives to talk about it, he could either be described as one of the luckiest men alive…

    Historic Aircraft Wreck Found. Maybe The Wildcat Of US Ace James E Swett By Roderick Eime

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    Feb 21, 2016 Guest Author

    On my last trip to the Solomon Islands in October, I was fortunate to make my first dive on some of the historic aircraft wrecks…

    Albert Speer, The Ambitious Young Architect Who Rose To Prominence Within The Nazi Party

    • World War 2
    Feb 21, 2016 Colin Fraser

    In 1931, a young, ambitious architect named Albert Speer attended a Nazi rally in Berlin. Perhaps he was truly captivated by the message of the…

    Crazy Tanker Drifts Around A Corner Too Fast, The Result Is Predictable!

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    Feb 21, 2016 Joris Nieuwint

    A couple of days ago we had a video on War History Online about an M1 Abrams tanks gently sliding around a corner on an…

    Padre Foote Stayed Behind After The Dieppe Fiasco & Was The Only Canadian Chaplain To Be Awarded The Victoria Cross

    • World War 2
    Feb 21, 2016 Jeff Edwards

    It is hard to imagine a soldier retreating from a position of certain safety for the explicit purpose of getting captured, but that is exactly…

    Helicopter Pilot Who Stopped My Lai Massacre Was Called A Traitor In America & Almost Court-Martialed

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    Feb 21, 2016 Shahan Russell

    On 16 March 1968, Hugh Thompson, Jr., Glenn Andreotta, and Lawrence Colburne did their best to protect Vietnamese civilians from being  slaughtered. In return for their…

    How Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl Tricked His Captors by Playing a Fool and Memorized the Names Of 256 POWs Of His Camp

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    Feb 21, 2016 Heziel Pitogo

    Learn how very convincing Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl was at acting his “stupidly stupid” character while at the hands of his Vietnamese captors leading…

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