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Over there, but still here: The WWI innovations that live on
Thursday marks the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I, and some of the innovations that were developed or came into wide use during the conflict are still with us today.
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100 years ago, war declaration started The American Century
Carpenter Guy Ford liked to watch fish play in the currents around his ship as it sailed for Europe to offload untested troops for a war as horrendous as it was defining for the century to come.
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As the US entered World War I, American soldiers depended on foreign weapons technology
On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war against Germany and entered World War I. Since August 1914, the war between the Central and Entente Powers had devolved into a bloody stalemate, particularly on the Western Front. That was where the U.S. would enter the engagement.
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New Michigan military museum shares stories of war heroes
The Michigan Military Heritage Museum in Grass Lake opened in November and tells the stories of Michigan veterans from the Revolutionary War up to the present.
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‘We Were Soldiers’ author is interviewing Vietnam vets and preserving their war stories
Efforts also underway to give these veterans a proper ‘Welcome Home’
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‘The Wall’ is turning 35, and the man behind it wants to honor this generation’s fallen
Jan Scruggs on the path to building the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and plans to pay tribute to a new group of heroes.
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Race riot at sea — 1972 Kitty Hawk incident fueled fleet-wide unrest
It was not a good time for the carrier Kitty Hawk as it steamed across the South China Sea toward Vietnam in October 1972. The ship already had been deployed for eight months, and was on track to spend a record number of days at sea with a grueling pace of flight operations to support…
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African-American heroes are a part of a vanishing World War I legacy
Carol Moseley Braun on how a century-old conflict helped launch a civil rights movement
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March to equality: A. Philip Randolph and the desegregation of the military
One man’s path from jailed union organizer to civil rights icon — and how it helped end Jim Crow in uniform.
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Q-and-A: Colin Powell on Vietnam service, Iraq and Afghanistan, and Black History Month
A retired four-star reflects on service in and out of uniform.
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Over there, but still here: The WWI innovations that live on
Thursday marks the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I, and some of the innovations that were developed or came into wide use during the conflict are still with us today.
-
100 years ago, war declaration started The American Century
Carpenter Guy Ford liked to watch fish play in the currents around his ship as it sailed for Europe to offload untested troops for a war as horrendous as it was defining for the century to come.
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As the US entered World War I, American soldiers depended on foreign weapons technology
On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war against Germany and entered World War I. Since August 1914, the war between the Central and Entente Powers had devolved into a bloody stalemate, particularly on the Western Front. That was where the U.S. would enter the engagement.
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New Michigan military museum shares stories of war heroes
The Michigan Military Heritage Museum in Grass Lake opened in November and tells the stories of Michigan veterans from the Revolutionary War up to the present.
-
‘We Were Soldiers’ author is interviewing Vietnam vets and preserving their war stories
Efforts also underway to give these veterans a proper ‘Welcome Home’
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‘The Wall’ is turning 35, and the man behind it wants to honor this generation’s fallen
Jan Scruggs on the path to building the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and plans to pay tribute to a new group of heroes.
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Race riot at sea — 1972 Kitty Hawk incident fueled fleet-wide unrest
It was not a good time for the carrier Kitty Hawk as it steamed across the South China Sea toward Vietnam in October 1972. The ship already had been deployed for eight months, and was on track to spend a record number of days at sea with a grueling pace of flight operations to support…
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African-American heroes are a part of a vanishing World War I legacy
Carol Moseley Braun on how a century-old conflict helped launch a civil rights movement
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March to equality: A. Philip Randolph and the desegregation of the military
One man’s path from jailed union organizer to civil rights icon — and how it helped end Jim Crow in uniform.
-
Q-and-A: Colin Powell on Vietnam service, Iraq and Afghanistan, and Black History Month
A retired four-star reflects on service in and out of uniform.
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Over there, but still here: The WWI innovations that live on
Thursday marks the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I, and some of the innovations that were developed or came into wide use during the conflict are still with us today.
-
100 years ago, war declaration started The American Century
Carpenter Guy Ford liked to watch fish play in the currents around his ship as it sailed for Europe to offload untested troops for a war as horrendous as it was defining for the century to come.
-
As the US entered World War I, American soldiers depended on foreign weapons technology
On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war against Germany and entered World War I. Since August 1914, the war between the Central and Entente Powers had devolved into a bloody stalemate, particularly on the Western Front. That was where the U.S. would enter the engagement.
-
New Michigan military museum shares stories of war heroes
The Michigan Military Heritage Museum in Grass Lake opened in November and tells the stories of Michigan veterans from the Revolutionary War up to the present.
-
‘We Were Soldiers’ author is interviewing Vietnam vets and preserving their war stories
Efforts also underway to give these veterans a proper ‘Welcome Home’
-
‘The Wall’ is turning 35, and the man behind it wants to honor this generation’s fallen
Jan Scruggs on the path to building the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and plans to pay tribute to a new group of heroes.
-
Race riot at sea — 1972 Kitty Hawk incident fueled fleet-wide unrest
It was not a good time for the carrier Kitty Hawk as it steamed across the South China Sea toward Vietnam in October 1972. The ship already had been deployed for eight months, and was on track to spend a record number of days at sea with a grueling pace of flight operations to support…
-
African-American heroes are a part of a vanishing World War I legacy
Carol Moseley Braun on how a century-old conflict helped launch a civil rights movement
-
March to equality: A. Philip Randolph and the desegregation of the military
One man’s path from jailed union organizer to civil rights icon — and how it helped end Jim Crow in uniform.
-
Q-and-A: Colin Powell on Vietnam service, Iraq and Afghanistan, and Black History Month
A retired four-star reflects on service in and out of uniform.
