History

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Military History Quarterly Tom Wicker	Turning Point in the Wilderness The clash at King's Mountain between Patriots and Tories began Britain's long descent to Yorktown.
Vietnam Peter Brush	What Really Happened at Cam Ne? Although described as one of the top works of 20th-century journalism, the CBS report presented only one side of the story.
Vietnam Paddy Griffith	Re-evaluating the Role of the 'Dustoff' While it improved the survival rate and confidence level of troops in Vietnam, medevac often distorted the tactical shape of battles.
Vietnam Alfred Rascon	Alfred Rascon: A Case of Forgotten Valor In February 2000, 33 years after medic Alfred Rascon saved two lives in action in War Zone D, he finally received the Medal of Honor.
Wild West Roger Jay	'The Peoria Bummer': Wyatt Earp's Lost Year The future lawman and O.K. Corral legend was seized in several 1872 police raids -- twice at brothels in Peoria, Ill., and once on a floating brothel downriver.
Wild West Richard D. Arnott	Bandit Queen Belle Starr Although she was a companion to known thieves and felons and stole a horse or two, Myra Maybelle Shirley was neither a belle nor the star of any outlaw band... still she remains a legendary wild woman of the Old West.
Wild West Ben Traywick	Boothill The old cemetery boasts graves of Clantons, McLaurys and other legendary Tombstone characters -- not to mention some of the world's most famous (and funny) epitaphs.
Wild West R.E. Mather	Henry Plummer Revisited Was Montana's most controversial sheriff a lawman-gone-bad or the innocent victim of ruthless vigilantes?
World War II Ronald J. Drez	Forgotten Fate of D-Day's Glider Four The 6th Airborne Division's objective was to seize and hold two bridges east of the Normandy beachhead. One small element of lost souls briefly took a third.
World War II Peter Kross	The American Schindler On his first visit to Nazi Germany in 1935, American Varian Fry was shocked at the treatment meted out to German Jews. He returned to Europe prepared to do something about it.
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