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His job was to destroy German submarines. To do it, they gave him 12 men, three machine guns, four depth charges, and an old wooden fishing schooner with an engine that literally drove mechanics mad. Read >>
An old pro tells what it was like to play for the silents Read >>
How the Japanese made sense of our silent movies Read >>
Two letters from a Navy lieutenant to his wife tell the story of the last hours of World War II. Read >>
Artfully composed still-life photographs from a rare 1871 album transform brushes, sponges, and stationery supplies into symbols of a proud, industrial society Read >>
In a conflict that saw saturation-bombing, Auschwitz, and the atom bomb, poison gas was never used in the field. What prevented it? Read >>
He had all the right qualities. Only the time was wrong. Read >>
Starting with 30 “liberated” rifles, Augusto Sandino forced American troops out of Nicaragua in 1933. Read >>
Much has changed in Utah since World War II, but, outside of the metropolitan center in the Salt Lake Valley, the addiction to rural simplicity and the idea of home is still strong. Read >>

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