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How the US military embraced America’s religious diversity
In 1917, when the United States entered World War I, the chaplaincy was a majority white and fully Christian organization. That changed.
By Ronit Y. Stahl, University of California, Berkeley
The blinding of a WWII vet opened America’s eyes to the evil of Jim Crow
The brutal beating of a soldier returning home from war made an everlasting impression on President Harry S. Truman.
By Chris Lamb, IUPUI
Cat Tales: The story of World War II’s PBY Flying Boat
Consolidated’s rugged PBY set a standard for flying boats and amphibians that will never be eclipsed.
By Stephan Wilkinson, Aviation History Magazine
Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another world
Hundreds of millions tuned in to radios or watched the grainy black-and-white images on TV as Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, in one of humanity's most glorious technological achievements.
Fire and blood: How the Navy almost found a back route to Vicksburg
A Yankee flotilla encounters unforeseen adventures in its perilous attempt to find a back way to Vicksburg.
By Winston Groom, America's Civil War Magazine