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Magazine articles on modern history.
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Wild West
Rick Miller
Boastful Bill Longley: Cold-blooded Texas Killer He once boasted that he had killed 32 men, and legend has it that he was hanged three times. But was he a legendary gunfighter, or merely a cold-blooded murderer? mark for My Articles 1 similar article
Wild West
Ben T. Traywick
The Real Doc Holliday Southerner John Henry -- better known as Doc Holliday -- became a dentist, went West for his health and was soon transformed into a legendary killer. But just how deadly was he? mark for My Articles 16 similar articles
Adventure
September 2004
David Roberts
K2 at 50: The Bitter Legacy This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first ascent of K2. But simmering beneath the official glory is a legacy of backstabbing and betrayal that would ultimately drive one climber to change the course of mountaineering history forever. mark for My Articles 7 similar articles
Science News
August 28, 2004
Oklahoma's Mound Builders Wore Fancy Stone Earrings Flashback to 1934: Stone earplugs from a Native American jeweler in Oklahoma... Bathysphere sets a new deep-sea record... Gamma rays split hydrogen atoms... mark for My Articles 33 similar articles
World War II
William Brooks
Black Tuesday: The Struggle for a Bridge Too Far The fate of the embattled paratroopers at Arnhem Bridge rested with the men of the South Staffords. mark for My Articles 106 similar articles
World War II
August 25, 2004
Colonel William Wilson
Ambitious Airborne Assault: Operation Market Garden It was hoped that Operation Market Garden would shorten the war, but the largest airborne operation of World War II failed in its main objectives. mark for My Articles 96 similar articles
World War II
August 25, 2004
David H. Lippman
Carrier Franklin's Valiant Fight for Life Franklin's fire marshal, Lieutenant Stanley Graham, spoke for her whole crew: 'Boys, we got pressure in the lines, we got hoses. Let's get in there and save her.' mark for My Articles 23 similar articles
World War II
August 25, 2004
William B. Allmon
USS Liscome Bay As the escort carrier Liscome Bay turned to launch its aircraft off Makin Atoll on November 24, 1943, Lt. Cmdr. Sunao Tabata of I-175 found himself presented with a target that submariners dream of. mark for My Articles 183 similar articles
Vietnam
August 24, 2004
Peter Kross
The Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem Did the bloody downfall of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 put the United States on a slippery slope into a quagmire? mark for My Articles 87 similar articles
Vietnam
August 24, 2004
G.W. Frederickson
Mined in the Mekong Delta When VC frogmen struck USS Westchester County, they inflicted the Navy's greatest single-incident combat loss of the war. mark for My Articles 79 similar articles
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