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The first battle of D-Day started 16 minutes after midnight on June 6, 1944. The glider-borne assault on two bridges—over the Caen Canal and adjacent Orne River—was among the most spectacular of the special operations carried out during the Allied invasion of Normandy. The capture of what later became known as the Pegasus and Horsa …
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The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872Knowing that diamonds are an investor’s best friend, two prospecting cousins, Philip Arnold and John Slack, pulled off a sparkling con game and never looked back. In late November … Read MoreMassacre at Dawn in Arizona TerritoryTohono O’odham Indians spearheaded an attack against sleeping Apaches in 1871, but Mexican and white residents of Tucson were behind the notorious Camp Grant Massacre. By 1871 citi… Read MorePhantom Raiders on the TrinityIn 1850 a Comanche war party attacked Fort Worth— at least according to early settler and self-styled historian Howard Peak, whose titillating tall tale remains part of local lore.… Read MoreGhost Towns: Kingston, New MexicoOn the site of a former Apache camp, nestled in the knees of the Black Range in southwestern New Mexico, Kingston (elevation 6,224 feet) lies astride Middle Percha Creek. Originall… Read MoreThe Kit Carson Home and Museum Traces the Famed Resident of TaosThe frontiersman and his family lived here a quarter century. Christopher Houston “Kit” Carson (1809–68), a complex individual in a simpler time, left his mark in the annals of the… Read More
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