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Length: 356 feet 6 inches Beam: 30 feet 6 inches Height: 31 feet 6 inches Draft: 16 feet 9 inches Displacement: 2,584 tons surfaced, 3,654 tons submerged Maximum speed: 23.5 knots surfaced, 8 knots submerged Range: 14,000 nautical miles surfaced, 96 miles submerged Power: Two 12,400 hp diesel engines, tw... |
9d10b2cbbc412375ffcc7e1b3b1bc11f | https://www.historynet.com/u-s-marine-sergeant-rocky-sickmann-hostage-remembers.htm | U.S. Marine Sergeant Rocky Sickmann: A Hostage Remembers | U.S. Marine Sergeant Rocky Sickmann: A Hostage Remembers
Born in 1957 in suburban St. Louis, Mo., Rodney V. “Rocky” Sickmann enlisted in the Marines in 1975 in the wake of the Vietnam War. He spent a few years in the infantry before joining the Marine Corps Security Guard Battalion (present-day Marine Corps Embassy Sec... |
9e98921376da31633c941362837bbc3f | https://www.historynet.com/u-s-navys-last-flying-boat.htm | The U.S. Navy’s Last Flying Boat | The U.S. Navy’s Last Flying Boat
Development of Martin’s P6M was delayed until its time ran out.
Middle River, Maryland, July 14, 1955: Martin Aircraft’s XP6M-1 Seamaster, the world’s first jet-powered seaplane, taxied into the river for the first flight of what one pilot called “the most advanced seaplane design of it... |
7c5cb72fecac1d72e28eabfa8f368171 | https://www.historynet.com/uiz190927.htm | Daily Quiz for September 27, 2019 | Daily Quiz for September 27, 2019
1. In 1936 this man conducted the inaugural set of concerts of the orchestra that would later become the Israel Philharmonic. Colin Davis Arturo Toscanini Herbert von Karajan Leopold Stokowski 2. From 1965 to 1973 approximately this many Canadians joined the United States armed for... |
3dde7cb81664271717ec264865f612fc | https://www.historynet.com/ulysses-s-grants-lifelong-struggle-with-alcohol.htm | Ulysses S. Grant’s Lifelong Struggle With Alcohol | Ulysses S. Grant’s Lifelong Struggle With Alcohol
Despite Ulysses Simpson Grant’s stature as one of the leading figures in American history, many mysteries remain about the man. Throughout his lengthy career Grant battled accusations that he was overly fond of the bottle, but did his alleged excessive drinking make him... |
c3866e1ebf972769c7377e31a9a11a46 | https://www.historynet.com/unbreakable-navajo-code.htm | Unbreakable: The Navajo Code | Unbreakable: The Navajo Code
The Japanese cracked every American combat code until an elite team of Marines joined the fight. One veteran tells the story of creating the Navajo code and proving its worth on Guadalcanal.
Chester Nez, photographed in Arizona during the war. “I hope my words will keep the memory of the co... |
c7b5c847e52457a70e08a7e2848e79be | https://www.historynet.com/unconventional-warfare-should-confederates-have-pursued-wide-scale-guerrilla-resistance.htm | Unconventional Warfare: Should Confederates have pursued wide-scale guerrilla resistance? | Unconventional Warfare: Should Confederates have pursued wide-scale guerrilla resistance?
Guerrillas did not play a major role in shaping the military outcome of the Civil War. First to last, conventional armies com- posed of citizen-soldiers waged operations that dictated swings of national morale, determined control ... |
1ac1c2fe69c8d39c475683f0ccecf647 | https://www.historynet.com/undying-bravery-the-wormhoudt-massacre-80-years-ago.htm | Undying Bravery: The Wormhoudt Massacre 80 Years Ago | Undying Bravery: The Wormhoudt Massacre 80 Years Ago
The heroism of a small band of British soldiers in northern France is remembered worldwide 80 years after they were murdered by Waffen SS troops in what is known as the Wormhoudt Massacre. On May 28, 1940, about 100 soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire... |
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A letter from Pvt. William Christie, 1st Minnesota Battery, to his father. Christie’s battery lost three men killed and six men wounded.
I supposed you have heard of the great battle on the 6th and 7th of this month. You will be proud to know that we were in the front of the battle, and that our Battery... |
85aaf0c1ee8ab8f21fa9ddcda3a0e9df | https://www.historynet.com/unsung-hero-amazing-rescue-bat-21-bravo.htm | Unsung Hero in the Amazing Rescue of Bat 21 Bravo | Unsung Hero in the Amazing Rescue of Bat 21 Bravo
South Vietnamese SEAL Nguyen Van Kiet’s courage and cunning got a downed airman past 30,000 NVA troops and earned him the U.S. Navy Cross.
When Lieutenant Colonel Iceal “Gene” Hambleton was shot down just south of the DMZ on April 2, 1972, he ejected at 31,000 feet and ... |
c13edf96c5d66ed74242164342a6baa0 | https://www.historynet.com/us-93rd-bombardment-group-flew-many-missions-throughout-world-war-ii.htm | U.S. 93rd Bombardment Group Flew Many Missions Throughout World War II | U.S. 93rd Bombardment Group Flew Many Missions Throughout World War II
While the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses did their share in the air war against Germany, they were far from alone in their efforts. One-third of the U.S. Eighth Air Force’s total heavy-bomber strength was consolidated within the three combat bomb win... |
de4759d347b9e5064bab02f25d3796ff | https://www.historynet.com/ute-chief-walker-walkara-traded-horses-slaves.htm | Ute Chief Walker—or Walkara— Traded in Both Horses and Slaves | Ute Chief Walker—or Walkara— Traded in Both Horses and Slaves
Capturing Paiutes and Goshutes was profitable business.
Ute Chief Walkara,better known as Chief Walker, may have been the Old West’s greatest horse rustler. During one raiding campaign against the California horse ranches in 1840 he and his specially trained... |
b80872826dc21299e7a5d731f20b008d | https://www.historynet.com/vatican-intrique-priest-outwits-nazies.htm | Vatican Intrigue: Priest Outwits Nazis | Vatican Intrigue: Priest Outwits Nazis
How an Irish monsignor used his Vatican office to defy fascist authorities in wartime Rome
Those he passed paid scant attention to the man bicycling across St. Peter’s Square that early October day in Rome in 1942. Dressed in workman’s overalls, he rode straight through the gates ... |
af9ec44757450863d8836a8b788c57b5 | https://www.historynet.com/vicksburg-the-campaign-that-confirmed-grants-greatness.htm | Vicksburg: The Campaign That Confirmed Grant’s Greatness | Vicksburg: The Campaign That Confirmed Grant’s Greatness
Obscure Union general learns that only hard, long fighting and logistics will win the war
When newly promoted Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant arrived in Cairo, Ill., in September 1861 to take command of the Military District of Southeastern Missouri, he didn’t even h... |
2c13d9b6d971bca0c98d424ec5e8a222 | https://www.historynet.com/vicksburg-the-campaign-that-opened-the-mississippi-book-review-2.htm | Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi (Book Review) | Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi (Book Review)
Reviewed by Mike Oppenheim By Michael B. Ballard University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2004
Popular writers tell us the Confederacy successfully fought off the Union until July 1863. Then came Vicksburg and Gettysburg, after which defeat became inev... |
ded3fc2927edf1917c359ab568f04bcf | https://www.historynet.com/vicksburg-where-grant-learned-how-to-win-the-war.htm | Vicksburg: Where Grant Learned How to Win the War | Vicksburg: Where Grant Learned How to Win the War
An little-discussed factor was the social revolution that preceded Vicksburg’s surrender—the destruction of the plantation oligarchy and the liberation of 100,000 slaves
In his 10th book, Vicksburg: Grant’s Campaign That Broke the Confederacy, Donald L. Miller incorpora... |
7daa3ed3dcf1ac8bb807b52b84a8ff8b | https://www.historynet.com/victorios-war.htm | Victorio’s War | Victorio’s War
Victorio, chief of the Chihennes Apaches, softspoken in negotiations, fierce in war. National Archives.For one tribal leader, the decision to make war on the United States was a matter of rights and spirituality. In the 1850s, Victorio emerged as chief of the Chihenne, one of four bands of the Chiricahua... |
b7160aca958c6558796fc4b02cb6808c | https://www.historynet.com/video-9-11-first-hand-photographs.htm | VIDEO: 9/11 in First Hand Photographs | VIDEO: 9/11 in First Hand Photographs
On September 11, 2001, Navy Times Norfolk Bureau Chief Mark Faram was onsite at the Pentagon. These are some of the images he captured after the attack.
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918ce81e08e5189338d8ea3e75e47995 | https://www.historynet.com/video-90th-pennsylvania-antietam.htm | VIDEO: The 90th Pennsylvania at Antietam | VIDEO: The 90th Pennsylvania at Antietam
Civil War Times Editor Dana Shoaf discusses the experience of the 90th Pennsylvania at the Battle of Antietam and the unique monument that commemorates the regiment’s men.
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Flight aboard one of the four Air Force Bell UH-1N helicopters from the 1st Helicopter Squadron at Joint Base Andrews that flew in formation over the dedication ceremony for the Vietnam Helicopter Pilot and Crewmember Monument in Arlington National Cemet... |
5c957b8a08bfb8299b4c1213c4fb7f28 | https://www.historynet.com/video-armistice-day-became-veterans-day-armchair-historian.htm | VIDEO: How Armistice Day Became Veterans Day – Armchair Historian | VIDEO: How Armistice Day Became Veterans Day – Armchair Historian
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91917240e992200d70b66c615c4d4841 | https://www.historynet.com/video-attack-pearl-harbor-armchair-historian.htm | VIDEO: The Attack on Pearl Harbor – Armchair Historian | VIDEO: The Attack on Pearl Harbor – Armchair Historian
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7a72965e0ae3b5e5e940d90cbf3d6d00 | https://www.historynet.com/video-battery-h-3rd-pennsylvania-heavy-artillery-gettysburg.htm | VIDEO: Battery H Of The 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery At Gettysburg | VIDEO: Battery H Of The 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery At Gettysburg
Civil War Times Editor Dana Shoaf shares the story of how Battery H of the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery found itself in the middle of the Battle of Gettysburg.
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b5b210fe751d0f6eb05b14739fc412f6 | https://www.historynet.com/video-bush-sr-talks-wwii-experience.htm | VIDEO: Bush Sr. Talks About His WWII Experience | VIDEO: Bush Sr. Talks About His WWII Experience
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02f61e6aebf3edd6e999428927f5d0b5 | https://www.historynet.com/video-coast-guard-sikorsky-hh-52a-seaguard-helicopter-dedication-at-nasm.htm | Video: Coast Guard Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard Helicopter Dedication at NASM | Video: Coast Guard Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard Helicopter Dedication at NASM
After serving 22 years in Search and Rescue operations, a Coast Guard Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard was accessioned into the National Air and Space Museum. This is the first Coast Guard aircraft to be acquired by the NASM and marks the centennial of C... |
c0faa8ded657142d8d85e3ec4d03f28e | https://www.historynet.com/video-expert-commentary-ret-army-col-s-lessons-for-fallujah-from-the-ground-in-ramadi.htm | Video: Expert Commentary, Ret. Army Col.’s Lessons for Fallujah from the Ground in Ramadi | Video: Expert Commentary, Ret. Army Col.’s Lessons for Fallujah from the Ground in Ramadi
Colonel (R) Tony Deane is a veteran of the Cold War, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Operation Joint Guardian (Kosovo), and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He served in numerous armor and cavalry leadership positions for over 28 ye... |
c8b9a4c25b892e7f7703db01f50c2f91 | https://www.historynet.com/video-in-alaska-the-2nd-deadliest-battle-of-the-pacific.htm | VIDEO: In Alaska, the 2nd Deadliest Battle of the Pacific | VIDEO: In Alaska, the 2nd Deadliest Battle of the Pacific
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eaaaf5e5355a7839edc7aa52b8c45f46 | https://www.historynet.com/video-nazi-germany-fighting-the-soviets-on-the-germanys-eastern-front.htm | Video: Nazi Germany Fighting the Soviets on the Eastern Front | Video: Nazi Germany Fighting the Soviets on the Eastern Front
(Img: National Archives) During World War II, the Nazi Germany was forced to fight a war on both sides. Here, the Germans are against the Soviet military on the Eastern front.
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0362e532e7f318c72bcce4aa86c95c34 | https://www.historynet.com/video-remembering-the-battle-of-iwo-jima.htm | VIDEO: Remembering the Battle of Iwo Jima | VIDEO: Remembering the Battle of Iwo Jima
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1e6f773fcbd632edf904b5a41633c90a | https://www.historynet.com/video-remembering-uss-indianapolis-anniversary-sinking.htm | VIDEO: Remembering the USS Indianapolis on the Anniversary of its Sinking | VIDEO: Remembering the USS Indianapolis on the Anniversary of its Sinking
The USS Indianapolis was commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on November 15, 1932. The ship served with honor from Pearl Harbor through the last campaign of World War II, sinking in action two weeks before the end of the war. On July 30, 1... |
22ccdf075595845b39a4d46e2d564b2c | https://www.historynet.com/video-slabinski.htm | VIDEO: Navy SEAL Slabinski Awarded Medal of Honor | VIDEO: Navy SEAL Slabinski Awarded Medal of Honor
President Donald Trump on May 24, 2018, presented the Medal of Honor to Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Britt Slabinski, recalling the Navy SEAL’s heroism in a 2002 combat mission during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan when his teammate was thrown out of... |
96aa1aa3549a9fb792500953bca453ed | https://www.historynet.com/video-soldier-gets-permission-wear-beard-norse-pagan-faith.htm | VIDEO: Soldier gets permission to wear beard for Norse pagan faith | VIDEO: Soldier gets permission to wear beard for Norse pagan faith
A soldier was recently granted permission to wear a beard in accordance with his Norse pagan faith in a rare exception for facial hair for religious reasons.
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560807af3101a1d1c0f3c77e8c5796f6 | https://www.historynet.com/video-the-battle-of-iwo-jima-armchair-historian.htm | VIDEO: The Battle of Iwo Jima – Armchair Historian | VIDEO: The Battle of Iwo Jima – Armchair Historian
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4ad8cdc5a262cce1ab3f915fcd78b8c7 | https://www.historynet.com/video-top-general-mattis-quotes.htm | Video: SecDef Mattis Tells It Like It Is – That’s Why Troops Love “Chaos” | Video: SecDef Mattis Tells It Like It Is – That’s Why Troops Love “Chaos”
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f85c60431976162468d55fdd8bbe8191 | https://www.historynet.com/video-u-s-navy-conducts-rimpac-sinking-exercise.htm | VIDEO: U.S. Navy Conducts RIMPAC Sinking Exercise | VIDEO: U.S. Navy Conducts RIMPAC Sinking Exercise
An old U.S. Navy ship was blown up recently as part of a RIMPAC 2018 exercise.
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9bae31f62610dc3d9e2769c6dcc9a6fc | https://www.historynet.com/video-u-s-troops-celebrate-first-veterans-day-1918-100-years-ago.htm | VIDEO: U.S. Troops Celebrate the First Veterans Day in 1918, 100 Years Ago | VIDEO: U.S. Troops Celebrate the First Veterans Day in 1918, 100 Years Ago
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94c4b336a1dfc17a407c1dc5d459d992 | https://www.historynet.com/video-world-war-ii-veteran-gordon-hearne-describes-the-war-experience.htm | Video: World War II Veteran Gordon Hearne Describes The War Experience | Video: World War II Veteran Gordon Hearne Describes The War Experience
As an anti-aircraft gunner, Gordon Hearne, 21, landed at Omaha Beach, Normandy on June 7, 1944. That July, the U.S. Army assigned his battalion to the 28th Infantry Division. He survived five European campaigns unscathed. After the war, Hearne retur... |
afb0898f74645bcda64ddf7e52b0bf1e | https://www.historynet.com/video-yankee-air-museum-bomber-buffing-2016.htm | Video: Yankee Air Museum ‘Bomber Buffing’ 2016 | Video: Yankee Air Museum ‘Bomber Buffing’ 2016
The Yankee Air Museum was founded in 1981 as a non-profit organization to restore and maintain World War II era aircraft. The museum’s most iconic aircraft include the B-17 Yankee Lady and B-25D Yankee Warrior. In 2004, the museum suffered a catastrophic loss. All of the m... |
f0295deea325ce1c1ab604a66d0e096c | https://www.historynet.com/vietnam-book-review-bernard-fall.htm | Vietnam Book Review: Bernard Fall | Vietnam Book Review: Bernard Fall
Bernard Fall: Memories of a Soldier-Scholar
By Dorothy Fall, Potomac Books, Washington, D.C., 2006, hardcover $27.50
Thousands of books have been written about the Vietnam War. An unfortunately large percentage of them are sheer junk. Of those that remain, only a small number, perhaps ... |
7fdabbdede35604d4ef91ad6158a100c | https://www.historynet.com/vietnam-book-review-military-justice-vietnam.htm | Vietnam Book Review: Military Justice in Vietnam | Vietnam Book Review: Military Justice in Vietnam
Military Justice in Vietnam: The Rule of Law in an American War
by William Thomas Allison. University Press of Kansas, 2006, hardcover $34.95.
William Thomas Allison, professor of history at Weber State University, states his book’s primary purpose is to “explain militar... |
8d2f9128057a1177f9746261b3b47f2c | https://www.historynet.com/vietnam-book-review-remains-war.htm | Vietnam Book Review: The Remains of War | Vietnam Book Review: The Remains of War
The Remains of War: Bodies, Politics, and the Search for American Soldiers Unaccounted For in Southeast Asia
by Thomas Hawley. Duke University Press, Durham, N.C., 2005, softcover $22.95.
This work makes a unique addition to the Politics, History, and Culture series sponsored by ... |
2da86ac3748288642529e40fa0a73d1a | https://www.historynet.com/vietnam-letters-readers-august-2008.htm | Vietnam Letters from Readers- August 2008 | Vietnam Letters from Readers- August 2008
The Long Shadow of My Lai
Merle Wilberding’s article on My Lai (“What Really Happened in Pinkville,” April) places the massacre at the feet of Lieutenant William Calley and a handful of grunts, even while downplaying the number of murdered Vietnamese. In fact, the massacre invo... |
e40a9e01eb21d53f0960ae1cb251a586 | https://www.historynet.com/vietnam-letters-readers-october-2008.htm | Vietnam Letters from Readers- October 2008 | Vietnam Letters from Readers- October 2008
No Ambush at Thon Tham Khe
I was the embarkation officer and S-4A of Battalion Landing Team 3/1, and no image has seared itself into my mind more strongly than the sight, on the hangar deck of USS Valley Forge, of the remains of the officer who had replaced me a couple of mont... |
0243f5ac47d6e73826f54c5e59248453 | https://www.historynet.com/voices-chuck-hagel.htm | Voices | Chuck Hagel | Voices | Chuck Hagel
The one unforgivable is the lying and deceit. That is never, ever defensible.
Chuck Hagel was the only secretary of defense who saw combat as an enlisted man and the only Vietnam veteran to serve in that post, which he held from February 2013 to February 2015 after two terms as U.S. senator from Ne... |
89076a89c05fbc1191f24628b5dbae0f | https://www.historynet.com/vortex-of-war-fredericksburg-va.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Historynet+%28HistoryNet+%7C+From+the+World%27s+Largest+History+Magazine+Publisher%29 | Vortex of War, Fredericksburg, Va | Vortex of War, Fredericksburg, Va
Situated midway between Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Va., Fredericksburg, Va., was “a position of Manifest importance to us and the enemy,” according to Union Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell in 1862. Its railroad and river access would make it the ideal location for a supply base as the Un... |
e493c031c78af83543e7ee6217ef6aa8 | https://www.historynet.com/vought-f4u-7-corsair.htm | Vought F4U-7 Corsair | Vought F4U-7 Corsair
Specifications
Crew: One Engine: Pratt and Whitney Double Wasp air-cooled 18-cylinder water-injected radial Wingspan: 41 feet Wing area: 314 square feet Length: 34 feet 6 inches Length (fuselage): 24 feet 5 inches Height: 14 feet 9 inches Weight: Empty: 9,205 pounds Gross: 14,670 pounds M... |
6c44c009ded724bed2785a67b07dc63b | https://www.historynet.com/waiting-for-death.htm | Waiting for Death: The Japanese Assault of Nanking | Waiting for Death: The Japanese Assault of Nanking
As Chinese citizens and foreigners alike fled Nanking in 1937, correspondent C. Yates McDaniel stayed behind to report on the Japanese wrath.
On Sept. 20, 1937, C. Yates McDaniel of the Associated Press had a long and sober discussion with wife Natalie in their home on... |
28c912ed953905918df9647ff9fb0a3a | https://www.historynet.com/waking-the-hermit.htm | Waking the Hermit | Waking the Hermit
By the latter half of the 19th century international trade had become increasingly important to the power and influence a nation was able to project. Great Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain were among the significant Western rivals, as was a spirited new contender, the United States,... |
aee171522f6c9e5e84b7fedb81422a17 | https://www.historynet.com/war-net-civilwardc.htm | The War On The Net: civilwardc.org | The War On The Net: civilwardc.org
Civil War Washington ranks among the best resources available online for U.S. Civil War scholars, writers, and teachers. Despite its narrow geographic focus, the site’s collaborative nature results in a digital collection that touches on literature, journalism, medicine, labor, milita... |
79dd7057347b58538d5abafa97c6d2a9 | https://www.historynet.com/war-of-the-dragons-the-sino-vietnamese-war-1979.htm | War of the Dragons: The Sino-Vietnamese War, 1979 | War of the Dragons: The Sino-Vietnamese War, 1979
China determined that Vietnam, heady with its victory in the American War, must be taught a lesson.
Deng Xiaoping, China’s diminutive leader, had good reason by late 1978 to view Vietnam’s victory in the American War (1959-75) as a threat to China’s security. Vietnam ha... |
9e5c6711557f2d3ac034ca94666a1f8e | https://www.historynet.com/war-of-the-spanish-succession-battle-of-blenheim.htm | War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim | War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim
It was the start of a friendship that would alter the course of European history. On the afternoon of June 10, 1704, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, and supreme commander of the English army, met his ally, Prince François-Eugène of Savoy-Carignan, in Mannheim, a sl... |
ba3ecb39ed33068eef58fbaabfe3939f | https://www.historynet.com/war-water-russian-roulette.htm | War on the Water: A Little Russian Roulette | War on the Water: A Little Russian Roulette
Citizens of New York awoke the morning of September 11, 1863, to discover a 33-gun screw frigate anchored off Pier 8 in the city’s harbor. The ship flew what was clearly a foreign ensign—crossed blue stripes against a white field—but one unfamiliar to most New Yorkers. The ve... |
f6c658e716273a6c493fdf03d48477ed | https://www.historynet.com/war-words-stench-rotten-yanks.htm | The War In Their Words: “The Stench of Rotten Yanks” | The War In Their Words: “The Stench of Rotten Yanks”
An invalid Georgia teenager kept a remarkable, insightful diary about the war…and fruit
Almost no one had ever heard of LeRoy Wiley Gresham until the Library of Congress featured his “little-known diary” in 2012. LeRoy was an invalid teenager from a wealthy slave-hol... |
89ce490ddd8c04b2a2b5a7115578f1a0 | https://www.historynet.com/war-words-thought-received-death-stroke.htm | The War In Their Words: ‘I Thought I Had Received My Death Stroke’ | The War In Their Words: ‘I Thought I Had Received My Death Stroke’
A Missouri Confederate defies incredible injury at Corinth and Champion Hill
Few states experienced the conflict of the Civil War as uniquely as Missouri, a pro-slave state with disputed status. Claimed by both the Union and the Confederacy, the state s... |
b2ade677f5ae6e0c6eb14158521db2f8 | https://www.historynet.com/warplanes-of-a-different-stripe.htm | Warplanes of a Different Stripe | Warplanes of a Different Stripe
This was it: D-Day, June 6, 1944. After long months of planning, preparation and perspiration the Allies were finally ready to breach the Atlantic Wall and push back the dreaded Nazi war machine as part of Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, France.
In the predawn darkness U.S.... |
4288234b5e351af5177d4f5dffdce395 | https://www.historynet.com/warrior-mao.htm | How Mao Zedong Formed Communist China | How Mao Zedong Formed Communist China
Experience gained fighting the Japanese and Chiang Kai-shek helped a dynamic military leader take on the United States twice, to victory and a draw.
When Mao Zedong came to the attention of the West, it was as the political leader of a nation in transition. Yet had Mao not been an ... |
920e5350c868701ae9445b4fa8100875 | https://www.historynet.com/wars-biggest-blunder.htm | The War’s Biggest Blunder | The War’s Biggest Blunder
William T. Sherman had many opportunities to capture Augusta’s ordnance complex And didn’t even try
In the June issue, we published Part 1 of author Ted Savas’ account of Georgia’s Augusta Arsenal in which he described the arsenal’s founding and operation. Here in Part 2, he argues that Maj. G... |
abe07dec2c6b0c668321695b5438c2ef | https://www.historynet.com/was-playwright-george-h-booth-related-to-john-wilkes-booth.htm | Was playwright George H. Booth related to John Wilkes Booth? | Was playwright George H. Booth related to John Wilkes Booth?
Tell me about George H. Booth (b. 1840 Chicopee Falls, MA and d. 1927 Madrid, IA):
Was he related to John Wilkes Booth?
His play, The Drunkard’s Dream, is in the Library of Congress; did he have other published works?
Craig Krouch
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Dear Mr. Krouch,
As fa... |
8d726e69b393e8ddc1eabbf793829bf1 | https://www.historynet.com/was-the-usa-ever-no-1-in-education.htm | Was the USA ever No. 1 in education? | Was the USA ever No. 1 in education?
Was the United States of America ever number one in world rankings in education? If so, when did the ranking begin to change?
Thank you.
Larry Randolph
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As recently as 20 years ago, the United States was ranked No.1 in high school and college education. Much of the boom in Ame... |
96acbc197fa48d74951aaf87812e978d | https://www.historynet.com/washingtons-first-thanksgiving.htm | How George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation Caused a Ruckus in Congress | How George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation Caused a Ruckus in Congress
President George Washington happily agreed to Congress’ request for a national day of thanksgiving in 1789. His opponents declared that he’d overstepped his constitutional bounds.
When President George Washington issued the first Thanksgiving... |
2c6514d1249f80e027a1a854c90df9fb | https://www.historynet.com/weaponry-greek-phalanx.htm | Weaponry: Greek Phalanx | Weaponry: Greek Phalanx
Sometime in the middle of the 7th century bc, a new style of warfare appeared in ancient Greece, requiring a foot soldier to forsake acts of individual valor in favor of standing shoulder-to-shoulder with his comrades in a battle square. This square, called a phalanx, distinguished itself from o... |
460f52f9301787302b7d5c2fec50e737 | https://www.historynet.com/weaponry-the-caltrop.htm | Weaponry: The Caltrop | Weaponry: The Caltrop
Although it was used for centuries by numerous armies, the unobtrusive-looking device called the caltrop, or calthrop, has often been overlooked by military historians, but certainly not by anyone unfortunate enough to have encountered it under field conditions. In many respects, the caltrop is th... |
de9bde3b390fb4b1a00cb1c113793cc8 | https://www.historynet.com/weapons-of-world-war-i.htm | Weapons of World War I | Weapons of World War I
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“Military science develops so rapidly in times of actua... |
3a4ed1b156cdf1d5b105c2e467307bf8 | https://www.historynet.com/well-armed.htm | Well Armed | Well Armed
At the West Point Foundry, an ordnance genius engineered devastating cannons
At the beginning of the 19th century, it was unthinkable for a nation to try to wage war or establish a viable national defense without sufficient resources to manufacture cannons. Yet that’s the position in which the United States ... |
f1c590cf764cb69b782a1031c8cbdfd6 | https://www.historynet.com/were-the-irish-slaves.htm | Were the Irish Slaves? | Were the Irish Slaves?
Were the Irish slaves or not? Sorry, but being half, or more, Irish myself I’m naturally curious. I can’t find anything in school textbooks, and everything online is said to be a myth or the truth. I would not ask otherwise, but to me it is important. Please let me know. Thanks.
My best regards.... |
23d2d6ea7b2963407531baaf5dd7482e | https://www.historynet.com/west-point-chain.htm | Then and Now: The Great Chain of West Point, N.Y. | Then and Now: The Great Chain of West Point, N.Y.
From the outset of the American Revolutionary War it was apparent to the combatant armies that control of the Hudson River Valley would in all likelihood determine the outcome of the conflict. Certainly British domination of the valley would effectively sever New Englan... |
8f4b510d88b6bf4aae66868378035744 | https://www.historynet.com/weve-politics-immigration-clashing-impulses.htm | We’ve Been Here Before: The Politics of Immigration- Clashing Impulses | We’ve Been Here Before: The Politics of Immigration- Clashing Impulses
The United States is a land of immigrants, which means it has been a land of arguments over immigration. The most recent battle raged around the comprehensive immigration reform bill proposed by the bipartisan Gang of Eight. The bill passed the Sena... |
7e3d9520045b246a3f217e533774d793 | https://www.historynet.com/what-army-units-were-at-dutch-harbor-june-19-1942.htm | What Army units were at Dutch Harbor June 19, 1942? | What Army units were at Dutch Harbor June 19, 1942?
Dear Mr. History,
My father fought in the Aleutian Islands during WW2. I have spent the last 5 years trying to find out what unit he was with.
He arrived on June 2, 1942, at Dutch Harbor and left Kiska in Sept ’43.
Do you have any idea as to which units were serving a... |
d14689e4ddc092985c411712ab1e16bd | https://www.historynet.com/what-if-the-germans-had-captured-moscow-in-1941.htm | What If the Germans Had Captured Moscow in 1941? | What If the Germans Had Captured Moscow in 1941?
One of the classic “what ifs” of the Second World War centers on how—or if—the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, code-named Operation Barbarossa, could have achieved a quick victory. Hitler certainly believed that it could. All one had to do, he insisted,... |
c092e68f1bd71011d4c9af294bb83dd5 | https://www.historynet.com/what-if.htm | What If… | What If…
What if “Stonewall” Jackson had been with the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg? Nathan Bedford Forrest had been given command of an army in the Western Theater? Joseph E. Johnston had not been wounded at Seven Pines on May 31, 1862? Abraham Lincoln had not called for 75,000 volunteers to suppress the re... |
385ca5d82740a772c3948e85ce9c2228 | https://www.historynet.com/what-percentage-of-the-population-served-in-ww2.htm | What Percentage of the Population Served in WW2? | What Percentage of the Population Served in WW2?
What was the total number of people involved in the German, Japanese, and U.S. military in W.W.2, and what percent of the total population of each country was each?
RL
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Dear RL,
Statistics on American, German and Japanese forces are not hard to find, but they often ... |
7dc43d68177c371bea5a4295377e585c | https://www.historynet.com/what-the-french-lost-at-dien-bien-phu.htm | What The French Lost At Dien Bien Phu | What The French Lost At Dien Bien Phu
Dien Bien Phu remains a popular destination for international visitors
By late 1953, the French army had lost the initiative in its fight to retain the nation’s colony in Indochina. A Vietnamese insurgency controlled much of the countryside and was steadily increasing in strength. ... |
3df4ef3d6150568506656ace6b28aba6 | https://www.historynet.com/what-was-the-turning-point-of-world-war-ii.htm | What Was the Turning Point of World War II? | What Was the Turning Point of World War II?
The improbable German victory in May (after which Hitler toured Paris) turned a fool's gamble into a great military triumph.
What was the turning point of World War II? Is it possible to pick one event—great or small—in this immense conflict and say, “This was the decisive mo... |
96614f02999d0d4f6446dcb23ea8fd2c | https://www.historynet.com/what-we-learned-from-the-battle-of-zappolino-1325.htm | What We Learned From…The Battle of Zappolino, 1325 | What We Learned From…The Battle of Zappolino, 1325
The 1325 War of the Bucket traces its origins to 1075, when a power struggle between the papacy and the Holy Roman empire degenerated into warfare. Although the initial war between the papal (Guelph) and imperial (Ghibelline) factions was settled in 1122, conflict pers... |
3067ac66001708358589213348a02488 | https://www.historynet.com/whats-your-number.htm | What’s Your Number? The Vietnam War Selective Service Lottery | What’s Your Number? The Vietnam War Selective Service Lottery
During the Vietnam War, young men gathered in college dorms and friends’ homes to listen to live TV and radio broadcasts of the U.S. Selective Service System drawing lottery numbers to determine who would and would not be drafted. The 2010 issue of Vietnam m... |
c00e342b761ed397a126e913eed4a8a1 | https://www.historynet.com/when-fire-rained-from-the-sky.htm | When Fire Rained From the Sky | When Fire Rained From the Sky
The first low-level B-29 raid on Tokyo introduced a terrifying new tactic in the war against Japan
On the night of March 9-10, 1945, U.S. Twentieth Air Force B-29s burned down 7 percent of Tokyo and killed some 85,000 people. Probably no one on Major General Curtis LeMay’s staff in the Mar... |
33abeff417945065a36aec110b9c1ebb | https://www.historynet.com/when-lindbergh-tested-his-spirit-of-st-louis.htm | When Lindbergh Tested His Spirit of St. Louis | When Lindbergh Tested His Spirit of St. Louis
Recently discovered photos of the Spirit of St. Louis test flights shed light on the “Lone Eagle’s” preparations for his celebrated transatlantic flight.
“What a beautiful machine it is, resting on the field in front of the hangar, trim and slender, gleaming in its silver c... |
eac0e67c75e434b5bfeb3dcc97efdbf7 | https://www.historynet.com/when-marilyn-monroe-interrupted-her-honeymoon-to-go-to-korea.htm | When Marilyn Monroe Interrupted Her Honeymoon to Go to Korea | When Marilyn Monroe Interrupted Her Honeymoon to Go to Korea
In 1954 Marilyn Monroe interrupted her honeymoon to entertain the troops in Korea. She later said it was the first time she “felt like a star.”
Pan American Airways’ new Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was just beginning its descent into Tokyo on February 1, 1954, w... |
2101f6fc77d1cd55db5f7282b3e60fe2 | https://www.historynet.com/when-the-die-was-cast.htm | When the Die Was Cast | When the Die Was Cast
As 1966 neared, Hanoi held fast to the hope that the NVA and VC could deliver a decisive military blow to its enemies in the South.
In the spring of 1965, as a major Communist offensive was severely damaging the South Vietnamese capacity to fight the war, General William Westmoreland issued a dire... |
e1630b48814d77216f6d7d44c162e639 | https://www.historynet.com/when-the-sioux-ambushed-pawnee-hunters-at-massacre-canyon.htm | When the Sioux Ambushed Pawnee Hunters at ‘Massacre Canyon’ | When the Sioux Ambushed Pawnee Hunters at ‘Massacre Canyon’
Captain Charles Meinhold may well have hoped to complete his assignment without incident as he led the sweat-stained troopers of Company B, 3rd U.S. Cavalry, plodding methodically across the monotonous broken plains of southwest Nebraska. Tasked to monitor nom... |
760627b89ad0d2ba07c2cfabc86a35c7 | https://www.historynet.com/when-the-wives-of-pows-took-on-the-us-government.htm | When the Wives of POWs Took on the U.S. Government | When the Wives of POWs Took on the U.S. Government
POW wives put spotlight on husbands’ suffering
The newly installed administration of President Richard Nixon had gotten the message loud and clear from the POW/MIA wives that it had better take notice of their husbands’ plight. Right now. The women and their families w... |
c0c6f4f6d3a4b690dd1e698d6de66156 | https://www.historynet.com/when-truth-spoke-to-power.htm | When Truth Spoke to Power | When Truth Spoke to Power
Freedom Rider Jerome Smith stood up to Robert Kennedy with shocking candor about violence against black Americans New Orleans native Jerome Smith can still connect with the anger he felt that evening more than 50 years ago when he tore into U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. “Kennedy was... |
aa398cddda11b320e79ac37621901908 | https://www.historynet.com/white-death-and-the-winter-war-how-a-tiny-army-defeated-the-ussr.htm | White Death and the Winter War: How a Tiny Army Defeated the USSR | White Death and the Winter War: How a Tiny Army Defeated the USSR
When attempting to summarize the 1939 conflict between the Soviet Union and its small Nordic neighbor, Finland, the old proverb stating that “big things come in small packages” seems to serve exceptionally well. How else can you explain a diminutive army... |
8695b67a8b5926f2276c4dd52e459802 | https://www.historynet.com/who-is-this-quote-about.htm | Who Is This Quote About? | Who Is This Quote About?
Who was the subject of the following quote: “If you ask him the time of day, he’ll give you the history of the watch.”? I think it might be Eisenhower, in references to his rambling press conferences, but I’m not sure.
George Grimsrud
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Dear Mr. Grimsrud,
The most common appearance of that qu... |
a40235da5a03fc77a459554553147c4c | https://www.historynet.com/who-wrote-the-cold-harbor-diary.htm | Who wrote the Cold Harbor diary? | Who wrote the Cold Harbor diary?
In discussing casualties at Cold Harbor, Shelby Foote wrote, “Some went even further in their bloom. A blood-stained diary, salvaged from the pocket of a dead man later picked up on the field, had this grisly final entry: ‘June 3. Cold Harbor. I was killed.’ ” (The Civil War: A Narrativ... |
a4faae052989b243cff267f7b3c9d42c | https://www.historynet.com/why-did-spartacus-revolt.htm | Why did Spartacus revolt? | Why did Spartacus revolt?
Mr. History,
Why did Spartacus revolt?
—Leah Placid
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Dear Leah, Although popularized as a fight for freedom, Spartacus’ fundamental motives for starting and leading the Third Servile War remain uncertain. Born in Thrace in 109 BC, he had served as a mercenary and an auxiliary in the Rom... |
08c4af68b909088602cd8c5fb0a4bd36 | https://www.historynet.com/why-did-this-crazy-kitplane-kill-so-many-pilots.htm | Why Did This Crazy Kitplane Kill So Many Pilots? | Why Did This Crazy Kitplane Kill So Many Pilots?
Jim Bede aimed high with his little homebuilt BD-5 bullet, but engine woes and questionable financial moves caused him to overshoot the target.
On August 2, 1972, standing near a taxiway at Wittman Field in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, I pressed a check for $200 into the hand of ... |
ea421a6662ac93fcda72a1374c6a811e | https://www.historynet.com/why-eva-braun-deserves-no-sympathy-conversation-with-heike-gortemaker.htm | Why Eva Braun Deserves No Sympathy: Conversation with Heike Görtemaker | Why Eva Braun Deserves No Sympathy: Conversation with Heike Görtemaker
Sixty-seven years after her death, Eva Braun, the long-time mistress of Adolf Hitler, remains a mysterious figure. Heike G. Görtemaker, a German historian and author, attempts to add clarity to the life of a woman who met Hitler as a teenager and, i... |
f13fa6d36550383ec82dbc8bdf74b754 | https://www.historynet.com/why-hannibal-lost.htm | Why Hannibal Lost | Why Hannibal Lost
Among the basic distinctions in warfare is the difference between tactics and strategy. The term tactics refers to the operational techniques military units employ to win battles. Strategy, on the other hand, addresses the broader political objectives for which a war is fought and the ends, ways and m... |
79782de6deaba57601758f09a6042552 | https://www.historynet.com/why-we-need-our-slaves.htm | Why We Need Our Slaves | Why We Need Our Slaves
A letter from a Southerner to his free-state friend.
Editor’s Note: together the missive below that is extracted from his forthcoming book Teaches Us to Hope Southerners regarded as essential their “Peculiar Institution” of keeping people of African descent as slaves. While the letter written fro... |
f354a370493bd8eda2f832001218caab | https://www.historynet.com/wild-west-book-review-historic-photos-texas-lawmen.htm | Wild West Book Review: Historic Photos of Texas Lawmen | Wild West Book Review: Historic Photos of Texas Lawmen
Historic Photos of Texas Lawmen
by Mike Cox, Turner Publishing, Nashville, Tenn., 2009, $39.95.
Austin-based writer Mike Cox, author of The Texas Rangers: Wearing the Cinco Peso, 1821–1900 (2008), now presents a volume full of images of Rangers and other Lone Star ... |
d62842948743d9e7f77361dcb3728912 | https://www.historynet.com/wild-west-review-real-west.htm | Wild West Review: The Real West | Wild West Review: The Real West
The Real West: Cowboys and Outlaws
Greystone Communications, Inc., and A&E Television Networks, 2007 DVD format (produced 1993-94), eight 45-minute episodes, $17.95.
The Real West aired on A&E from 1992 to 1994, and its success helped convince A&E producers to launch The History Channel ... |
7eefaaf6563a3ccd0b3189390c2e801d | https://www.historynet.com/william-bull-halsey-legendary-world-war-ii-admiral.htm | William Bull Halsey: Legendary World War II Admiral | William Bull Halsey: Legendary World War II Admiral
William F. Halsey was a sailor born and bred. His heart was Navy blue and gold, and it pumped salt water each of his seventy-six years. As a first to last combatant of the Pacific War, he launched aircraft into the Sunday surprise on December 7, 1941, and forty-five m... |
9bb04b6170485fdde6a43ccf14a2a0e3 | https://www.historynet.com/william-w-brown-cover-page-december-99-american-history-feature.htm | William W. Brown – Cover Page: December ’99 American History Feature | William W. Brown – Cover Page: December ’99 American History Feature
William W. Brown
After his 1834 escape to freedom, fugitive slave William Wells Brown used his literary talents for the abolitionist cause and to record the history of America’s blacks.
By Marsh Cassady
At just after 8 p.m. on February 2, 1857, an air... |
3439ae074463567d61e49946ac22780c | https://www.historynet.com/william-walker-king-of-the-19th-century-filibusters.htm | William Walker: King of the 19th Century Filibusters | William Walker: King of the 19th Century Filibusters
The would-be nation builder carved out private fiefdoms in Central America before falling to a Honduran firing squad. (Photo from Our First Century, by R.M. Devens, C.A. Nichols & Co., Springfield, Mass., 1876)
‘The spectacle of a man still in his 20s, with some two-... |
b25cc5a0f76328cf2c6be3866899534a | https://www.historynet.com/wolves-of-mibu-japans-shinsengumi-police.htm | Wolves of Mibu: Japan’s Shinsengumi Police | Wolves of Mibu: Japan’s Shinsengumi Police
Among the most feared warriors in Japanese history were those of the Shinsengumi secret police, professional swordsmen who served as a special forces unit for the Tokugawa shogun from 1863 to 1869. This close-knit troop of men terrorized political dissidents on the streets of ... |
84ec0b85b25ee45edf2d97c3b08b5bff | https://www.historynet.com/women-of-war.htm | Women of War | Women of War
Queen Tomyris of the Massagetae glared as her soldiers dragged in the battered corpse of Cyrus the Great, slain founder of the Achaemenid empire. She had rejected his proposal of marriage to avoid war. In the subsequent vicious campaign to repel the Persian invaders, Tomyris had lost Spargapises—her son an... |
22d14c14e5c4005421615ac70c5c7e4a | https://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-defending-calais.htm | World War II: Defending Calais | World War II: Defending Calais
When the English Channel port of Boulogne fell to the Germans on May 25, 1940, the troops defending Calais a little to the north were the only line of defense between the German panzers and the remnants of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), desperately hoping for evacuation from Dunki... |
06948662caa19385cb51d3bf5389ff37 | https://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-era-warbirds-arrive-in-hawaii-for-75th-commemoration-of-japanese-surrender.htm | World War II-Era Warbirds Arrive in Hawaii for 75th Commemoration of Japanese Surrender | World War II-Era Warbirds Arrive in Hawaii for 75th Commemoration of Japanese Surrender
After making their journey from San Diego aboard the USS Essex, 14 vintage World War II warplanes arrived on Tuesday at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam—two weeks before they will once again take to the sky to commemorate the 75th ann... |
0b90b7950bd97eed98920f758f5da8ca | https://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-the-cactus-air-force-fought-at-guadalcanal.htm | World War II: The Cactus Air Force Fought at Guadalcanal | World War II: The Cactus Air Force Fought at Guadalcanal
The Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero fighter swept in low over the sweltering jungle of Guadalcanal, as if to land on the nearly completed, crushed-coral runway at Lunga Point. Once the air base was completed, the Japanese planned to fly long-range bombers from it t... |
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