Each year since 1961 Western Writers of America has bestowed on a respected individual its Owen Wister Award for lifetime…
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“I never imagined I was going to be doing this when we launched,” said Captain Earl Ehrhart of U.S. Marine…
Read More »So you’ve had a “fender bender” in your plane and are in need of some wings. What do you do? …
Read More »Anyone who explores Civil War–era history should pay close attention to how people at the time understood and used key…
Read More »On March 30, 1972, the aging revolutionaries in Hanoi’s Politburo abandoned the strategy of protracted struggle and launched an all-out…
Read More »War Movie: The American Battle in Cinema (on DVD and Blu-ray, five-part documentary, 315 minutes), Cantilever Films, written and directed…
Read More »The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress has found itself back in the spotlight after the January 26 debut of the AppleTV+…
Read More »Michael Shannon (“Nocturnal Animals”) is to play assassinated President James A. Garfield with Matthew Macfadyen (“Succession”) as his killer Charles Guiteau in…
Read More »The cold blue sky was spattered with red bursts and puffs of anti-aircraft fire on July 7, 1944. Downward streaks…
Read More »The B-17 was known for its ability to take extreme punishment and stay airborne. A fact that is driven home…
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