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Civil War Battles

VIDEO: Battery H Of The 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery At Gettysburg

Vietnam

Dan Bullock: The youngest American killed in the Vietnam War

HistoryNet Video

Pearl Harbor Mystery

Figures/Biographies

Interview: Author Dorothy Love

News

Video: Expert Commentary, Ret. Army Col.’s Lessons for Fallujah from the Ground in Ramadi

WWII Battles

Video: World War II Veteran Gordon Hearne Describes The War Experience

Aviation History

Video: Yankee Air Museum ‘Bomber Buffing’ 2016

Aviation History

Video: Coast Guard Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard Helicopter Dedication at NASM

Art/Literature

Video: World War II-Era Cartoon Private Snafu Outwits Booby Traps

Entertainment & Culture

Video: ‘Glamour Girls of 1943’ World War II Propaganda

World War II

Video: ‘Two Down One To Go’ World War II Propaganda After German & Italian Defeat

Women

Video: Eleanor Roosevelt & ‘Women in Defense’ in 1941

Military History

Video: World War II War Criminals Standing Trial

World War II

Video: The Real Nazi Invasion of Poland in World War II

World War II

Video: Japan Surrenders to Allies in World War II Newscast

World War II

Video: V-J Day Celebrations Across the US as Japan Surrenders

Today in History: Born on June 5

1779

Stephen Decatur, American naval hero during actions against the Barbay pirates and the War of 1812.

1876

Conrad Adenauer, first chancellor of post-World War II West Germany.

1928

Walter Mondale, 42nd Vice President of the United States, Democratic presidential nominee who lost to Ronald Reagan in 1984, and Ambassador to Japan.

1932

Umberto Eco, Italian novelist (The Name of the Rose).

1938

Juan Carlos I, King of Spain.

Civil War Times

‘For the Quality of Fighting Material, the World Is Our Judge’

An Iron Brigade captain recounts his regiment's epic Gettysburg fight

American Civil War

For the Lack of Horses, the War Was Nearly Lost

Union cavalry's fate hung on the health of its four-legged warriors

Military History

Why the Civil Rights Movement Was an Insurgency

Military historian Mark Grimsley makes the startling assertion that the American civil rights movement was an insurgency.