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Combat Talons in Vietnam: Recovering a Covert Special Ops Crew, John Gargus, Texas A&M University Press, 2017, $35 A personal account from mission planner John Gargus, Combat Talons in Vietnam recounts the first use of C-130s and the one nighttime mission that left 11 American crewmembers missing. For over 30 years, the fate of the crew of …
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When the Warriors Stood DownPatton, Truscott and the secret intrigues of postwar Europe. On May 8, 1945, the day the Third Reich fell to Allied forces, the devastation in Germany was all but complete. Cities,… Read MoreThe BulgeWhen the Germans broke through in the Ardennes, one Eisenhower decision saved the day for the Allies. But another prevented them from achieving total victory
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