HISTORY

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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Meet the Norwegian Warrior Who Fought in Vietnam

In one of the most outstanding memoirs that this reviewer has had the privilege of reading, retired U.S. Army Col.…

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Build your own version of Flying Tiger ace R.T. Smith’s shark-mouthed Curtiss P-40

Probably no other aircraft from World War II are as easily recognized as the shark-mouthed Curtiss P-40s flown by the…

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Lake Erie’s Distinctive New England Feel

If you travel through Northeast Ohio, take the time to get off the turnpikes and interstates to travel through towns…

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A Pacifist Scribbled A Song When She Was Half-Asleep. It Became A Famous Union Battle March

The lyrics to America’s most famous marching song of the Civil War were written when their author was half-asleep and…

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World War I Enemies Played Football During A Christmas Truce–Except Maybe They Didn’t

Over the Christmas period in 1914, fraternization took place in No Man’s Land between British and German soldiers at St.…

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