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The lies and mistakes that led the US into Iraq, laid out in a new book

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WATCH: Smedley Butler’s fiery speech

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Military Life

Watch this Vietnam vet brave pepper spray to deliver a powerful message to federal officers in Portland

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The sinking of the USS Indianapolis

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Terminal Lance creator’s new Afghan War graphic novel gives us ‘Conan the Barbarian’ in Marine camouflage

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The first man to storm the beaches of Normandy was shot twice and lived to be 90

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Tech & Tactics

75 years ago today, the Trinity atomic bomb test ushered in the era of nuclear warfare

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Read the stories of the Marine Raiders awarded Silver and Bronze Stars for a hellish four-hour battle in Afghanistan

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Original ‘Rosie the Riveter’ makes masks to fight COVID-19

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Profile of Mae Krier, original ‘Rosie the Riveter’

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77 years ago, the Allies took the fight to the Axis in ‘the soft underbelly of Europe’

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Military Life

A highlight of the women who serve

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Military Life

Tammy Duckworth Profiled During Women’s History Month

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Military Life

African-Americans in US military history

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Culture

In new WWII video game ‘Medic: Pacific Corpsman’ you’ll have to decide who you can save, and who you can’t

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Culture

Trailer for upcoming WWII game ‘Medic: Pacific Corpsman’

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Culture

Legendary Harlem Hellfighter and MoH recipient Henry Johnson has a graphic novel detailing his service during WWI

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This combat photographer kept snapping until her last moment

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Culture

‘The Outpost’ is a fitting tribute to the men who won of one of the bloodiest battles of the Afghan War

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Culture

A bunch of gamers are raising money to save a WWII museum that honors the soldiers they play as online

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Official trailer for the Airborne Museum at Hartenstein

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How Navy SEAL Michael Murphy earned the Medal of Honor for his bravery during Operation Red Wings

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Rafael Peralta’s death ensured four other Marines would live. His Medal of Honor award recommendation explains how

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Bear Grylls is rebooting ‘The Count Of Monte Cristo’ — with Special Forces soldiers in Afghanistan

By James Clark

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Senator pushes Medal of Honor upgrade for Marine sergeant who threw back enemy grenade in Vietnam

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Military Life

3 Black service members who helped shape US history

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Here’s the ‘Friends’-themed Afghanistan video we never knew we needed

By Haley Britzky

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A prominent Vietnam veteran reflects on sacred places, protesters, and Confederate flags

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‘She’s outlived Hitler by 75 years’ — Today, this Holocaust survivor celebrates her 100th birthday

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Culture

‘Da 5 Bloods’ takes on wars in Vietnam and at home

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It’s time to rename Fort Benning for Alwyn Cashe

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4 US service members injured in C-130 mishap at Camp Taji in Iraq

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The incredible story of the American commandos dropped behind enemy lines long before D-Day

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History

The 4 most dangerous missions heroic US troops carried out on D-Day 76 years ago

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Military Life

Medal of Honor recipient Daniel Inouye’s battlefield heroism gets the graphic novel treatment

By James Clark

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Culture

Spike Lee takes on Vietnam and the turmoil of the Trump era in Netflix’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’

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What the Houston riots of 1917 tell us about police brutality and status in America

By Kyle Gaffney

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Military Life

VA secretary reverses course on removing Nazi headstones from veteran cemeteries

By David Roza

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World War II Memorial among several on National Mall vandalized during protests

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Decorated WWII vet, forensics expert who examined Zodiac killer letters, dies at 100

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Military Life

VA secretary says removing Nazi headstones from veterans cemeteries would ‘erase’ history

By James Clark

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Here’s your first look at the official poster for ‘The Outpost’

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Military Life

House lawmakers join call to get Nazi gravestones out of veterans cemeteries

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Military Life

Meet the 80-year-old Vietnam veteran volunteering on the front lines of Seattle’s COVID-19 fight

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Military Life

The forgotten history of Memorial Day

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Military Life

Remembering the fallen veterans of the 1918 pandemic

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The Coast Guard’s fight in the Pacific

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Culture

The trailer just dropped for ‘The Outpost’ — a new movie about one of the bloodiest battles of the Afghan War

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New trailer for Afghanistan War drama ‘The Outpost’

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New trailer for Afghanistan War drama ‘The Outpost’

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Culture

Netflix’s new war movie ‘Da 5 Bloods’ looks like ‘Three Kings’ set during the Vietnam War

By James Clark

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History

C-130 aircrew receives Combat Action Medal for dodging RPG over Afghanistan

By David Roza

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Military Life

South Korea to send 10,000 face masks to Navajo veterans to honor their service in the Korean War

By Jared Keller

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Here’s how one soldier captured 132 enemies in WWI

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Battleship USS Nevada, a symbol of American ‘resilience and stubbornness,’ rediscovered after 72 years

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USS Nevada wreckage footage

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New study shows PTSD in the military traces its roots back 3,000 years

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100-year-old WWII vet beats COVID-19 just like he helped beat the Nazis

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Military Life

Trump, Esper, and Wilkie didn’t wear masks while meeting with WWII veterans despite COVID-19 threat

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Here are 10 strange jobs US troops had to do during WWII

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‘The end of the war is an anti-climax’ — A reporter’s notes on VE-Day, 75 years later

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Military Life

‘You don’t even have to serve in the war to get killed by it’ — Veterans reflect on 50th anniversary of Kent State shooting

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78 years ago, the first Navajo Code Talkers joined the Marine Corps

By James Clark

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The US military’s silence on Afghanistan is a sign of weakness

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