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French Historian Sentenced For Stealing American World War II Dog Tags To Sell On Ebay

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A 33-year-old French historian has been sentenced to a year in prison for stealing hundreds of dog tags belonging to U.S. service members killed during World War II from the National Archives in College Park, Maryland, with the intent of selling them on Ebay.

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8 Of The Worst Places To Sleep

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Benjamin Franklin nailed it when he said, "Fatigue is the best pillow." True story, Benny. There's nothing like pushing your body so far past exhaustion that you'd willingly, even longingly, take a nap on a concrete slab.

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The US Is About To Release 3,000 Classified JFK Files. Here's What They Are

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President Donald Trump announced that the National Archives will release more than 3,000 JFK files, many of which have been classified since the 1960s.

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How Recruitment Posters Used Pay, Patriotism, And Sex Appeal To Bolster The Ranks

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Unlike the robust recruitment efforts of World War I and World War II, recruitment today is more focused on maintaining a standing military. As such there’s more emphasis on character, skill, and career development instead of a call to arms in response to a specific threat.

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Failed Constitutional Amendments That Would Have Changed How America Wages War

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What if war were unconstitutional?

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