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Military History, a series by Maj. W. Thomas Smith, Jr.
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Washington's Raid to Howard's Heroics
From Fredericksburg to Bastogne
From Washington's Farewell to Puller at Koto-ri
From the Grand Union Flag to the Battle of Franklin
From Bloody Betio to Chattanooga
From Guadalcanal to Second Fallujah
From a Corps of Marines to the Corps of Discovery
From Tippecanoe to Roosevelt's Patrol
From Decatur's Victory to Humphrey's Solo
From Greene's Tigers to MacArthur's Promise
From the Navy's Birthday to Black Thursday
From Second Saratoga to Striking the Taliban
From the Meuse-Argonne to Little Rock
From a Naval Aviation First to the Air Force Birthday
From Blood Stripes to Bloody Ridge
From the Flag's First Action to the Japanese Surrender
From Bleeding Kansas to the Tenaru River
From the Marquis to the Nautilus
From the Petersburg Mine to the Wright Flyer
From Farragut's Raiders to the First Man on the Moon
From Farragut's First to a Marine at the Helm
From Melted Majesty to the First Military Aviators
From Sullivan's Island to San Juan Hill
From Crazy Horse to the G.I. Bill
From Bunker Hill to the Marianas Turkey Shoot
From Jackson at Pensacola to the Lions of Cantigny
First Enterprise to Gordo's Big Day
From Green Mountain Boys to Hamburger Hill
From Chancellorsville to Alcatraz
From the Irish Coast to "Desert One"
From the Battle of San Jacinto to the Bay of Pigs
From a Midnight Ride to Bataan
From a "Murderous Fistfight" to the "Ribbon Creek Massacre"
From the Wizard of the Saddle to Task Force Tarawa
From the Birth of West Point to "a Bulldog of a Fighter"
From Dueling Ironclads to Flying Tigers
From the Boston Massacre to a Green Beret Ballad
From the Alamo to Mount Suribachi
From America's Lord Nelson to the Battle of Hue
From Patch's Dispatch to a Cold War Swap
From Bonhomme Richard to the Space Shuttle Columbia
From Indian-Fighting Marines to "the Mighty Eighth"
From Sons of Liberty to Devils in Baggy Pants
From Big Red to Halsey's Right Arm
From Washington's Brave Fellows to Phantom MiG Killers
From Patton's Breakthrough to Howard's Heroics
From Washington's Crossing to Lincoln's Gift
From Fredericksburg to Bastogne
From Wake's Defenders to Chesty at Chosin
From Rogers' Rangers to Richard Byrd
From Bloody Betio to Mao's Death Warrant
From the King of Battle to Second Fallujah
From the Birth of the Marines to the First Jet Fight
From Washington's Farewell Address to the Army to Roosevelt's Patrol
From Humphrey’s Solo to Thornton’s Swim
From Burgoyne's Surrender to the First Carrier Takeoff
From the Navy's Birthday to Black Thursday
This Week in American Military History: From the Navy's First Ace to a "Barren Victory"
From Blood Stripes to Bloody Ridge
From the King’s Proclamation to Richie’s MiG
From Galloping Gates to the Gulf of Sidra
Alvin York’s Action to a Pillar of Purple Fire
From the Coast Guard’s Birthday to a U-2 First
From the Marquis’ Commission to an F-86 Kill
From Farragut’s Raiders to the First Man on the Moon
From Gamble’s Command to the Fall of Cuba
From Independence Day to Scott at Chippewa
From Pickett’s Charge to Roosevelt’s Rough Riders
From the Little Big Horn to the ’03 Springfield
From the Birth of the Army to Marines at Saipan
From Pensacola to Shuri Castle
From Arnold’s Prize to Cunningham’s Diary
From Chancellorsville to Coral Sea
From the Flag at Derna to Dewey at Manila Bay
From a Midnight Ride to Doolittle’s Raid
From Andrews’ Raiders to the Escadrille Americaine
From Bloody Shiloh to Ribbon Creek
From Patrick Henry's Speech to the First Medals of Honor
From Guilford Courthouse to Iraq
From Dueling Ironclads to Flying Tigers
From the First Marine Landing to a Billboard Hit Song
From Old Ironsides to Fortress Corregidor
From Apache Pass to Patch’s Dispatch
From Shay's Rebellion to Looking Glass
From Archie Henderson to Audie Murphy
From Golden Hill to Desert Storm
Howard’s Heroics to Washington’s ‘Brave Fellows’
From Fredericksburg to Bastogne
From Wake’s Defenders to Chesty at Chosin
From Rogers’ Rangers to Richard Byrd
From Bloody Betio to Mao’s Death Warrant
From the Birth of the Marines to the First Jet Fight
From Tippecanoe to Roosevelt’s Patrol
From Humphrey’s Solo to Thornton’s Swim
From Greene’s Tigers to MacArthur’s Promise
From the Navy’s Birthday to Black Thursday
From Second Saratoga to Striking the Taliban
From the Navy’s First Ace to a ‘Barren Victory’
From Blood Stripes to Bloody Ridge
From the King’s Proclamation to Richie’s MiG
From the Battle of Camden to Banzai Attacks at Tenaru
From Spain’s White Flag to a Pillar of Purple Fire
From Washington’s Purple Heart to the Horror of Hiroshima
From the Wright Flyer to the Raid on Ploesti
From Farragut’s Raiders to the First Man on the Moon
From Melted Majesty to Early’s Raid
From Pickett’s Charge to Roosevelt’s Rough Riders
From Crazy Horse to LeMay's Feed and Coal Company
From Bunker Hill to the Marianas Turkey Shoot
From Devil Dogs to the Great Crusade
From Jackson at Pensacola to the Lions of Cantigny
From First Enterprise to Loss of the Scorpion
From Green Mountain Boys to Gordo Cooper’s Big Day
From Palo Alto to Leathernecks at Alcatraz
From the Female Paul Revere to Nixon’s Drive into Cambodia
From a ‘Furnace of Musketry’ to the Desert-One Disaster
From a Midnight Ride to a Pre-Dawn Airstrike
From a “murderous fistfight” to the Bataan Death March
From the Wizard of the Saddle to Task Force Tarawa
From a Kentucky Raider to ‘a Bulldog of a Fighter’
From Dueling Ironclads to Flying Tigers
From the Boston Massacre to a Green Beret Ballad
From the Alamo to Mount Suribachi
From America’s Lord Nelson to an Earth-orbiting Marine
From Quiberon Bay to Bloody Hue City
From Bonhomme Richard to the Space Shuttle Columbia