HISTORY
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How the Cast of ‘Masters of the Air’ Transformed into the Bloody 100th
The quest by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg to bring World War II to television screens began in 2001 with…
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Did Egyptian Belly Dancers Act As Spies in World War II?
In 1942, British authorities in Cairo arrested an Egyptian dance superstar for espionage. Her name was Hekmet Fahmi. Allegedly a…
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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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Unpacking the Myths Of the F-8 Crusader in Vietnam
Among the many myths and legends to emerge from the Vietnam War was that the U.S. Navy’s Vought F-8 Crusader…
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His Sergeant in Vietnam Became His Hero. He Never Forgot It.
Willie Johnson was a 35-year-old African American from South Carolina with a wife and six kids. What did I, a…
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At Eight-Years-Old This Girl Survived the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines. Now, at 90, She Recalls Her Ordeal.
Leanne Blinzler Noe was eight years old and living in the Philippines with her family when the Japanese attacked the…
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Meet the Heroes Who Delivered Aid and Comforted the Dying on the Battlefields of World War I
In the agony of trench warfare and no man’s land, the sound of a skitter and a wet nose —…
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Why Symbols Were Essential To Battle Shields
Shields have existed for as long as warfare has. The function of a shield is to protect its wielder from…
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Civil War Art, in the Round and Mobile
As it is today, entertainment was an important part of life in the 19th century—and for soldiers stationed far from…
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These Fighting ‘Mighty Midgets’ Packed Big Guns
The Asiatic-Pacific Theater in World War II culminated with a grueling, bloody amphibious campaign to capture one Japanese-held seabound stronghold…
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