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A green lieutenant and a battle-hardened sergeant led the first Americans to fight their way off bloody Omaha Beach. The 32 men in the first boat section of E Company, 16th Infantry Regiment, landed late, in chin-high water, at 6:45 a.m.—15 minutes after H-Hour, June 6, 1944. Their job, like that of the company’s other …
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The Remorse of Rain-in-the-Face, Whom Whites Saw as a Scary IndianHe liked one 7th Cavalry trooper—and it was not a Custer. When Henry Wadsworth Longfellow needed an Indian warrior to play the villain in his poem about Custer’s Last Stand, he int… Read MoreCaptain Grant Marsh Was King of the Missouri RiverHe was also the bearer of shocking Custer news. Captain Grant Marsh made the record books in the aftermath of Lieutenant Colonel George Custer’s Last Stand. In a navigation feat ne… Read MoreUnsung Charcoal Burners Kept Mining Town Smelters GoingThey fueled the Western mining industry. In the late 19th century, Eureka, Nevada, a mining town with over a dozen smelters, was known as the “Pittsburgh of the West.” Labor disput… Read MoreBenteen: Between a Rock and a Hard PlaceIn the endless assessments of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Captain Frederick Benteen has often been portrayed as a villain. Might he be viewed as a hero instead? He saved us, … Read MoreGeorge Hudson Had Killed at Least Five Men, And He Did Not Go Easy When the Law CameThe outlaw made his deadly mark in Missouri and Colorado. William Rabedew, a law officer from Fairplay, Colorado, arrived in Joplin, Missouri, on August 6, 1892, with a warrant for… Read More
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