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Civil War Battles

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

Asia

Dan Bullock: The youngest American killed in the Vietnam War

MH Video

Pearl Harbor Mystery

American History

Interview: Author Dorothy Love

Asia

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 & Spaceflight

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

Art/Literature

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

News

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

Art/Literature

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

Politics

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 August 9

1834

Lord Acton [John E.E. Dalberg], English historian, editor of The Rambler.

1864

George Washington Carver, chemist, agronomist, helped change the agricultural economy of the South.

1945

Rod Stewart, singer, songwriter ("Maggie May," "Tonight's the Night").

1949

George Foreman, world heavyweight champion boxer.

1949

Linda Lovelace (Linda Boreman), pornographic actress made famous by the movie Deep Throat, she later became an anti-pornography activist.

1953

Pat Benatar, singer; the four-time Grammy winner's hits include "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" and "Invincible".

Civil War Times

Marcellus Crocker: Grant’s Hammer in the Western Theater

Marcellus M. Crocker was on his way to high command until a terrible disease ended his military career

American Civil War

LEAVE THEM STANDING: Confederate monuments must remain at Gettysburg to help interpret the Civil War’s causes and consequences

Military History

20 Fateful Decisions at Gettysburg

A former licensed battlefield guide breaks down the critical judgments that decided the titanic engagement’s outcome