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From Horse Carts to Helicopters – A Brief History of Battlefield Casualty Evacuation
“Over the centuries one simple principle has remained: Get the casualty off the battlefield and into the hands of a surgeon as fast as possible.” By Adam Staten FOR AS LONG as people have fought…
America’s First Naval Aviators — Photo Collection Tracks the Birth of U.S. Air Power at Sea
ON NOV. 14, 1910, a 24-year-old civilian aviator from Williamsburg, Iowa named Eugene Ely made history by successfully flying an airplane from the deck of an American warship, the light cruiser USS Birmingham, at Hampton Roads. Ely got…
History is Filled With Authoritarian Takeovers; America’s Founders Hoped to Prevent Them
“Madison defined tyranny as the executive, legislative, and judicial powers all being in the hands of one person or group.” By Daniel O. Jamison FOLLOWING Joseph Stalin’s March 1953 death, Marshal Giorgi Zhukov, the brilliant…
Junípero Serra – Meet the Spanish Missionary Who Rallied California to Support the American Revolution
“While nowhere near as large a figure in the war as Washington, Jefferson, or Adams, for his efforts in supporting them, Father Junípero Serra truly has his place among the founding fathers of the United…
MacArthur Reconsidered – Is ‘Big Mac’ America’s Most Overrated Wartime Leader?
“Has the time arrived to remove the laurel wreath from the brow of the ‘American Caesar’?” By James Ellman DOUGLAS MACARTHUR was fired by President Truman more than 70 years ago, but opinions regarding the…
The 1941 Anglo-Iraqi War — How a Small British Force Kept Hitler Out of the Persian Gulf
“Britain was ill-prepared when intelligence revealed that the new Baghdad regime was making overtures to Rome and Berlin.” By James Dunford Wood THERE ARE very few WW2 epics still to be uncovered. The short Anglo-Iraq…
