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Military History Quarterly	Letter From MHQ - Winter 2008 A Cold War mystery -- the 1968 destruction of a U.S. Navy nuclear attack submarine with the loss of all 99 crewmen -- may have been solved.
British Heritage January 2008 James Graham	Dover: Still the Gateway to the Continent The closest port to mainland Europe, Dover has been Britain's front door since before the time of the Romans.
British Heritage	Letter From British Heritage - January 2008 From what we know of Stonehenge and many of Britain's 600+ prehistoric circles, the earliest of Britain's peoples marked the solstice with importance.
America's Civil War January 2008 Curtis D. Crockett	The Union's Bloody Miscue at Spotsylvania's Muleshoe How Colonel Emory Upton's brilliant plan for limiting casualties devolved into the most primal combat of the war.
America's Civil War January 2008 Gerald T. Riggs	Abraham Lincoln: Commander in Chief Despite his lack of military experience, Abraham Lincoln was forced to become an active commander in chief. Finally, in Ulysses S. Grant, he found a kindred spirit.
America's Civil War January 2008 Yvonne Pesquera	America's Civil War Monuments: Hartford's Stately Bridge Over Troubled Waters As a memorial arch, it was the first of its kind in the United States.
America's Civil War January 2008	Letter From America's Civil War Lincoln's Relentless Quest for Victory...
Aviation History January 2008 Alan Foster	A Bad Day For Flying: The story of a WWII B-24 Commander shot down over Hankow Shot down in flames during a raid on Hankow, B-24 commander John T. Foster evaded capture and enjoyed an unlikely reunion with his Chinese nanny.
Aviation History January 2008 Michele May	Aviators: Quentin Roosevelt - 'He died fighting' After Quentin, the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt, was killed in action on July 14, 1918, his grave became a mecca for Allied troops.
Aviation History January 2008	Letter From Aviation History The fatal skies of the 2006 airshow...
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