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Forget the Plaque — This Air Force General Just Got Excalibur

Most senior officers retire with a wall full of plaques, a coin collection, and maybe a framed flag. Lt. Gen. John P. Healy just walked away from his ceremony carrying a full-length ceremonial sword modeled after Excalibur. Yes, that Excalibur....

When Uncle Sam Wrote the Rulebook on Hunting Bigfoot's Cousin

Tucked inside the dusty filing cabinets of Cold War diplomacy sits one of the strangest official documents ever produced by the United States government: a three-rule guide for what American citizens should do if they happened to bump into a...

Saddam's Star Wars Army: The Strange Tale of the Fedayeen and Their Darth Vader Helmets

Some of history's strangest military units come out of the most unexpected places. But few are as bizarre as a 30,000-strong paramilitary force that suited up like extras from a galaxy far, far away. Meet the Fedayeen Saddam — the...

80 Kills, 80 Canvases: The Artist Who Painted Every One of the Red Baron's Victories

Most aviation buffs can name the Red Baron. Far fewer can name the man who spent years painting every single one of his 80 aerial victories — but they probably should.Thomas La Padula, a New York-based aviation artist and decades-long...

The Blue and Gray Brothers: How a National Guard Division Became D-Day Heroes

When people think of D-Day and Omaha Beach, the stories usually center on regular Army units and the Rangers. But hidden in that historic wave was a National Guard division with remarkable origins—one made up of men whose ancestors had...