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Naming Names in 1812 I have to question the use of the term “Republican” to describe the U.S. congressional majority party of 1812, more commonly called the Democratic-Republicans in Stephen Budiansky’s “Giant Killer,” Spring 2009. While it is true that some members referred to themselves as Republicans, there is also documentation that they referred to …
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Pacific 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 MoreAviation 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 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 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 MoreAviation History Book Review: GunshipsGunships: The Story of Spooky, Shadow, Stinger and Spectre by Wayne Mutza, Specialty Press, North Branch, Minn., 2009, $34.95. Wayne Mutza writes for the expert as well as the casu… Read More
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