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Contents: Espionage (The South threatened to send a Yankee prisoner to the gallows for each captured sailor who was executed for “piracy”.), Personality (For decades, Armenian guerrila leader General Andranik Ozanian was a thorn in the side of the Ottoman Turks.), Perspectives (The XXIX Tactical Air Command helped clear the road to Berlain in World War II’s final months.), Weaponry (Although crudely simple and poorly armed, the long-lived Renault FT-17 established the basic layout of the modern tank.), Reviews (Tom Clancy provices a gided tour of an armored cavalry regiment.), Travel (“We can go anywhere and do anything we wish,” is the boast of the U.S. Navy’s Underwater Demolition Teams – and later the SEALS.), Siege Forges a Kingdom (Astrologers had predicted that Muhammad XI would be the last king of Granada and bring ruin to the Moors in Spain. In the autumn of 1491, Ferdinand II, Christian King of Aragon, Castile and Leon, seemed ready to fulfill that prophecy.), Last U.S. Horse Cavalry Charge (Angered that the neighboring armored platoon was leaving the Philippine Scouts to their own devices, Captain John Z. Wheeler walked up to a nearby tank and yelled “What the hell’s the idea”. The hatch opened. The crewman was Japanese.), Colonial Stand Fans Revolution’s Flame (As his troops prepared to advance on the rebels dug in on Breed’s Hill outside Boston, Maj. Gen. William Howe told them to “behave like Englishman”. To a Tory observer, such courageous conduct “meant standing in an open field to be shot at”>), Airman Down in Korean Hills (“There is a fine line between being a goat and being a hero” said Lt. j.g. Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., who was convinced that he would be court-martialed for crash-landing his VoughtF4U Corsair on a Korean hillside to rescue a downed comrade.), “A Damned Nice Thing” at Waterloo (Asked by his German liaison officer if he really thought Lt. Col. James Macdonell’s 1,500 Guards could hold the isolated chateau at Hougoumont against Napoleon’s army, the Duke of Wellington calmly replied, “Ah, but you do not know Macdonnel.’)
Issue: June 1995
Condition: Very Good