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Excerpt from ‘The Princess Spy’
Full of adventure and danger, “The Princess Spy” is the story of a woman who risked everything to serve her country during World War II.
By Larry Loftis
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Documentary follows 96-year-old World War II veteran’s return of portrait stolen in France
The documentary "The Silent Soldier and the Portrait" delves into two secrets World War II veteran John Waller kept.
By Stacy Parker, The Virginian-Pilot via the AP
Op-ed: Reversing the landmine ban will explode on us
UXO kills even after the killing ends. Let's not make the problem worse.
By Kaj Larsen
Not in the Gobi Desert! Lost in the Bermuda Triangle, Cotopaxi finally found
The vessel and its crew of 32 disappeared during a 1925 voyage to Cuba.
Navy and Coast Guard team up to rescue cruise ship passenger
With winds measured at 25 mph and seas up to 10 feet high, the Sea Hawk crew hoisted the passenger and transported him to medical care, Coast Guard officials said.
By Carl Prine
Another pirate attack off African coast
Yaoundé said the attack took place early Tuesday two miles off the port of Limboh, where the Greek-flagged Happy Lady was riding at anchor.
Russia: New weapon can travel 27 times the speed of sound
Moscow describes the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle as a technological breakthrough comparable to the 1957 Soviet launch of the first satellite.
Army and DoD post image of Nazi war criminal to commemorate Battle of the Bulge
“We regret the use of the photograph of Joachim Peiper. The intent was to tell the full story of the Battle of the Bulge, which will continue here, by explaining the incredible odds that were stacked up against the American Soldier by the time the reserve was called in on 18 Dec,” the Army airborne unit tweeted Tuesday morning.
By Shawn Snow
The Navy named its next warship after this city
Designed to replace aging Whidbey Island-class vessels, the Navy wants to buy 13 of these new San Antonio-class variants.
By Navy Times staff
Undefended shore: American antisubmarine operations in 1942
In 1942 American merchant ships up and down the Atlantic Coast were being relentlessly attacked by German U-boats. Why did the U.S. Navy secretly decide to leave them unprotected?
By Ed Offley, MHQ — The Quarterly Journal of Military History
Dive teams probe Alaska waters for missing passengers after 2 planes collided
Dive teams plunged into the icy cold waters of a southeast Alaska inlet Tuesday, searching an area the size of 24 football fields for two cruise ship passengers missing after two sightseeing planes collided.
Trial by fire in the Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea was a tactical defeat for the U.S. Navy that also proved to be a significant strategic victory.
By Joseph H. Alexander, Military History Quarterly