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April 21 1975 Xuan Loc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls to the communists. The North Vietnamese had launched a major offensive in March to capture the provincial capital of Ban Me Thuot in the Central Highlands. The South Vietnamese...
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"To Suffer that Army to Be Cut to Pieces..."
"The nation was young and there was so very much to do. One of the most pressing issues was the role of the army."

General Grant - Part 2
"When Grant and his army faced Fort Donelson, it was a good five days after he optimistically predicted he would arrive, and he was facing a larger enemy force in a stronger position."

General Grant - Part 1
"What did emerge from Belmont is the image of the unflustered, calm and courageous general, seemingly oblivious to Minie balls buzzing all around him, directing his troops. Grant had found his purpose in life."

On the Rosebud
"Crook's Battle of the Rosebud was replaced by the disaster on the Little Bighorn and this is where one of history's most interesting what-ifs emerges."

Superfortress
"What LeMay and his B-29 bombers visited on Tokyo that March night was hell on earth."

The Gatling Gun
"It was a very simple concept; concentrate a tremendous amount of firepower against the enemy."

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