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Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97
Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the “right stuff” when in 1947 he became the first person to fly faster than sound, has died. He was 97.
97-year-old D-Day veteran parachutes into Normandy again
Parachutists are jumping over Normandy again, just as soldiers did 75 years ago for D-Day — but this time without being shot at.
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