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General Carl A. Spaatz
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Though ultimately blamed for the fiasco at the Bay of Pigs, John F. Kennedy inherited the plan, with all of its flaws, from...

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Captured pilot Lt. j.g. Everett Alvarez Jr. survived Hanoi's 'Fiery Furnace' to return home with honor.

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