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American History Magazine, Audio
An odd coincidence is revealed about three of the founding fathers and Independence Day....
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Audio, Vietnam
Jack Craig, a veteran from the Vietnam War of the 23rd Infantry Division, describes his war wounds from a an explosion of a hand grenade....
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Audio, World War II
Earnest M. Phillips, a World War II veteran, recounts the events of the sinking of the USS Northampton after being struck by torpedoes. ...
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Tom Cosentino explains the history of New Jersey wine-making and why the industry suffered following the prohibition. ...
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Audio, World War II
Gustav Enyedy Jr., a veteran of World War II, describes his orders and the horrors he witnessed when shooting down Nazis....
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Audio, World War II
World War II veteran, Irwin Stovroff, recalls bailing out of his damaged aircraft during a bombing run to destroy bridges in France. Stovroff and his crew were later captured by Nazis and held prisoner....
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Thomas S Kidd, author of 'Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots' talks about a conspiracy to remove George Washington from his post as general of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. ...
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Winifred Gallagher, author of "How the Post Office Created America: A History", explains how the Post Office helped establishing America even before the Declaration of Independence....
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Greg Jenner, author of the book "A Million Years in a Day: A Curious History of Everyday Life" explores how the most routine details can reveal so much about history. ...
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In ancient times, your Tupperware would have been a symbol of wealth and power, Gary Cross and Robert N. Proctor, authors of 'Packaged Pleasures: How Technology and Marketing Revolutionized Desire', explain, as they elaborate on the...
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Sean Wilentz explains the ideas of Thomas Paine. Wilentz is a professor of American History at Princeton University and author of 'The Politicians and the Egalitarians'....
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The Explorer's Club, known for its many famous members, famously claimed to have eaten mammoth meat at a party in 1951. Years later, scientific testing reveals this may not have been true. ...
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Jane Ziegelman, co authors of "A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression", talks about the culinary connection between World War I and the great depression....
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National Geographic reporter Erik Vance explains what happened to most of the written historical materials of the Maya civilization....
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Mitchell Yockelson describes the relationship between Pershing and Patton during World War I and the events of September 26, 1918 at Meuse-Argonne when Patton is shot in battle. Yockelson is the author of 'Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's...
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David Lubin, author of 'Grand Illusions: American Art and the First World War', describes visiting World War I graveyards and the sense of triumphant glorification of war that he felt there....
