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Military History • SEPTEMBER 2021 VOL. 38, NO. 3
Letters
ENDURING FREEDOM ELUSIVE 20 YEARS ON
A Nod to Marine Heroism in Iraq
Blue Angels Mark 75th
FIRST MODERN SUBMARINE FOUND IN ENGLISH CHANNEL
WAR RECORD
RANGER LEGEND RECEIVES MOH
LOST VIETNAM SPECIALISTS HONORED WITH MEMORIAL
Rare 3D Images of WWI Online
Couple Seeks to Restore a D-Day Launch
German Town Honors the King
Stamp Honors Nisei Soldiers
ROMAN GUARD CAME TO RESCUE AT HERCULANEUM
U.S. ARMY MUSEUM REOPENS TO PUBLIC
DIG IT? • Researchers worldwide routinely unearth troves of military significance. Witness the following:
To Hell and Back
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Valor Colossal Warrior
Mobile Bay, 1864
M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer
BREAKTHROUGH AT SAINT-Lô • It took tens of thousands of lives and weeks of fighting through the bedeviling Norman hedgerows to capture what remained of the ‘Capital of Ruins’
Battle of Saint-Lô
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM • The United States was the latest of many invaders caught in an Afghan quagmire
A TURN FOR THE WORSE • After the ‘shot heard round the world,’ as Redcoats retreated to Boston, Patriots sprang an ambush at a bend in the road known since as the Bloody Angle
WHEN POWDER PROVED ITS WORTH • The advent of gunpowder weapons in 14th century Europe prompted medieval commanders to conceive new tactics and adjust existing ones
HONOR BEFORE GLORY • NFL standout Pat Tillman wasn’t out to win recognition or stir up controversy when he enlisted and deployed to the Middle East
FINLAND’S FAMED ‘SKY PEARL’ • During World War II the Finnish variant of the U.S.-built Brewster Buffalo proved more than a match for top Soviet, German and British fighters
A Risky Meeting
Hallowed Ground Szigetvár, Hungary
War Games
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