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William McKinley, 1865
Maj. William McKinley

25th-President-to-be survived Confederate ambush.

George H.W. Bush seated in an aircraft. (U.S. Navy photo)
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Tadeusz Kosciuszko (Image: National Park Service)
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Drawing of Bushnell's Turtle. (U.S. Navy illustration)
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As tales of his daring raids on horseback spread, Revolutionary War hero Henry Lee III became known as "Lighthorse Harry." (National Archives portrait)
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Engraved portrait of Robert Field Stockton by .B. Hall, from a painting on ivory by Newton, London, 1840. (Photo: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)
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Sherman DD (Duplex Drive) amphibious tank with waterproof float screens. When in the water the float screen was raised and the rear propellers came into operation. 1944 (Photo: Imperial War Museums)
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This is Joseph Henry Esclavon, my service number was 6244793. We arrived in Plymouth, England in the last part of December...

Ralph T. Moan (Photo: The Army Historical Foundation)
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World War I has been noted for the amount of incredibly evocative war poetry it produced, notably from such soldier-poets as...

Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, May 1863.
Col. Robert Gould Shaw

Young officer led Union's first black regiment in charge to prove themselves.

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