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This Hardy Texas Pioneer Witnessed the Deaths of Many a Loved One and Escaped Comanche Captivity
By life’s end Sarah Creath McSherry Hibbins Stinnett Howard could claim five surnames, one from her birth and one each from her four husbands. Along the way she had…
Do We Owe a Teen Sailor Thanks For Creating Doughnuts As We Know Them?
Many a doughnut legend begins with the story of the lassies during World War I, who, realizing that the soldiers might want a taste of America, began serving up the…
Graphic Novel Tells Story of World War I’s ‘most outstanding soldier’
Maj. Samuel Woodfill’s Army career is the stuff of legend. It’s no surprise that, as a result, the Association of the United States Army released a graphic novel…
The Volunteer Guide Who Brings the Battle of Franklin to Life
On a brisk morning, Chuck Byrn and I plop ourselves on a bench that often serves as his refuge from the 21st century. During the Battle of Franklin, Tenn., on November…
When is a Mustang not a Mustang?
The following press report appeared in the Melbourne Argus on May 26, 1948: “This Australian-built CA-15 fighter in a test flight yesterday flew at 502.2 mph—believed…
These French Resistance Fighters Attempted to Use WWII Tactics in Vietnam — It Became a Bloody…
Sampans glide silently in the darkness over an inland waterway in North Vietnam’s Red River Delta. Five Frenchmen and 120 Vietnamese commandos are on their way to make a…
Normandy Institute Plans New Campus
The Desert Fox walked its steps. German officers prepared their defense of the Normandy coast in its hallways. Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne fought on the terrain…
How Were D-Day Beaches Named?
Q: I am in my 80s and have read numerous books on World War II—but in all my years I have never seen who came up with the names of the five beaches on D-Day. Can you…
One Week Before This Pioneering Aviator’s Tragic Death, An American Watched Him Work
Robert W. Wood, an American studying chemistry and physics at the University of Berlin, received a letter from Otto Lilienthal on August 8, 1896. Lilienthal was the…
Chinese Ship Accused of Looting Iconic WWII Wrecks
An illegal Chinese salvage operation is suspected to have raided two iconic World War II wrecks, USNI first reported.
Malaysian authorities discovered scrap steel,…