Aachen – Book Review
'Aachen: The U.S. Army’s Battle for Charlemagne’s City in World War II' is an outstanding new examination of “Bloody Aachen,” the first major German city captured by American G.I.s in World War II’s European Theater.
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Doolittle Raiders Receive Congressional Gold Medal
Seven decades after the heroic Doolittle Raiders made the daring first strike back at Japan in World War II’s Pacific Theater Congress awards them its highest honor.
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American Warlords – Book Review
Jonathan W. Jordan’s 'American Warlords' accomplishes for FDR and World War II what Doris Kearns Goodwin’s 'Team of Rivals' achieved for Lincoln and the Civil War.
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Jim Gavin’s War – Part 2
Part 2 of a series on the career of James Gavin, who made more combat jumps than any other American general of WWII, and fought in virtually all of the major battles in the Mediterranean and Northwest Europe.
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West Point 1915 – Book Review
Michael Haskew's "West Point 1915" examines the "Class the Stars Fell On," which produced 59 graduates who attained the rank of brigadier general or higher.
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