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A Hard Slog in the A Shau The very first entry the first edition of the Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War is “A Shau Valley,” accompanied by an eerie photo of a U.S. soldier with an M-16 silhouetted against the fog-shrouded valley. The foreboding image is fitting not only for the wild and remote A …
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Asking for Trouble: The Long Range Desert GroupTo undermine the Afrika Korps, Britain’s Special Interrogation Group went to extremes. In the high Libyan desert, a convoy of five Ford one-and-a- half-ton trucks and eight Canadia… Read MoreFire for Effect: Northern ExposureStudents of 1944 tend to fixate on the e astern and Western fronts, with the soviets pulverizing the Germans from one direction and the Anglo Americans punching from the other. The… Read MoreOut of Time: The USS HornetWhen the USS Hornet went down, coincidence enveloped a young Marine gunner. As the waves splashed and rolled past the USS Hornet, Lou Carnaghi glanced at his watch. It was just aft… Read MoreTime Travel: On for the Long HaulIF DURING SOME Southern California summer you notice warplanes with wartime German markings flying toward the Port of Los Angeles, you have not entered a wormhole—it’s merely showt… Read MoreA Buffalo Soldier’s War on Two Fronts: Conversation with Ivan J. HoustonI GREW UP in a world where black people had rights and freedom,” says Ivan J. Houston. “But I knew what to expect in the service: segregation.” In 1943 Houston, 17, a student at in… Read More
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