This tank commander fought off 250 enemy troops in the Korean War
Medal of Honor recipient Master Sgt. Ernest Kouma fought with his armored back to the wall along the Naktong River.
By Jon Guttman
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Can a robot ship protect Norfolk from terrorists?
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By Mark Carlson, Aviation History
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By Jon Simkins
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By Robert Gudmestad, Colorado State University
Stalin, FDR, Project Zebra and a crash everyone tried to pretend never happened
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Op-ed: Iran must come clean about the passenger jet it shot down
The author makes the case for a transparent international investigation to figure out what Iran did wrong, and why.
By Capt. Lawrence Brennan (retired)
Kublai Khan’s Mongol navy
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Heavy wake capsizes Coast Guard boat
Officials have launched an investigation into the mishap.
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Militiamen withdraw from US Embassy but Iraq tensions linger
Iran denied involvement in the attack on the embassy. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted by media as saying that "if the Islamic Republic makes a decision to confront any country, it will do it directly."
Arsenal: The river patrol boat was the backbone of the Brown Water Navy
Submarines and aircraft carriers were of little use against irregulars relying on sampans and junks to ferry supplies and fighting men on the Vietnam's river highways.
By Joe Follansbee, Vietnam Magazine