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Fort William Henry, 1757: A Fate Worse Than Surrender
Military History • JULY 2020 VOL. 37, NO. 2
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Kuwait Gives to Memorial Fund
Mercenary ‘Mad Mike’ Hoare, 100
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MEMPHIS BELLE GROUNDED
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MUSEUM OF THE PACIFIC WAR UPGRADES NIMITZ GALLERY
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Battle of Britain Ace Farnes, 101
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What We Learned From… The Battle of Zappolino, 1325
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HITLER’S TWO ARMIES • As the Nazi Führer set his cap at European domination, he unleashed two distinct armies
END OF AN ARMY • In 1791 Maj. Gen. Arthur St. Clair led the U.S. Army on a punitive expedition against Northwest Territory tribes—few of his troops would survive the campaign
THE BOMB • Once the atomic genie was out of the bottle in 1945, several nations tested nuclear weapons in the Pacific
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PORTER’S PRIVATE WAR • Amid the War of 1812 bold U.S. Navy Captain David Porter attacked enemy shipping and unilaterally annexed an island in the Pacific
WARPLANES OF A DIFFERENT STRIPE • A tragic 1943 friendly fire incident in Sicily prompted development of aircraft identification markings that saved countless lives on D-Day
WHEELS OF WAR • From its playful origins as a ‘dandy horse’ for idle Europeans, the bicycle has taken on increasingly serious military applications
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A Head for Figures • In April 1968 Pfc. Modesto Ortiz-Santiago, 20, of the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, preps for combat in Cu Chi, South Vietnam, while 17-year-old Diane Lynn Yuill—the girl he left behind—watches over him from the band of his helmet.