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Into the Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg by Earl J. Hess, University of South Carolina Press, 2010, $44.95 THE JULY 1864 BATTLE OF the Crater marked the Army of the Potomac’s first large-scale commitment of African-American troops in combat. But curiously, like much of the critical Petersburg Campaign of 1864-65, it failed for generations …
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Aviation History Book Review: Forgotten WeaponForgotten Weapon: U.S. Navy Airships and the U-Boat War by William F. Althoff, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md., 2009, $49.95. It’s rare for a new book to appear describing an… Read MoreEngine With a SaddleWhat the bantamweight Bearcat lacked in finesse it made up for with brute strength. The Grumman F8F Bearcat is the Dodge Viper of airplanes. Both are outrageous, lightweight, in-yo… Read MoreThe Making of an AceIt took him 10 years and two wars, but Canadian fighter pilot Omer Levesque finally got his fifth victory in the skies over Korea. On March 31, 1951, Joseph Auguste Omer Levesque b… Read MorePacific BlitzA B-29 pilot recalls battling weather fronts, fighters and flak to rain fire on Japanese cities. The crew soon realized the searchlight battery was actually emplaced halfway up 12,… Read MoreA Showman Takes the LeadPerhaps no other pilot personifies the carefree days of aviation’s Golden Age better than Roscoe Turner. During the 1920s and ’30s—when aviators routinely risked their lives wing-w… Read More
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