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Kindred spirits Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman prepared themselves for another bloody year of war as 1863 dawned.
Dick Winters: Reflections on the Band of Brothers, D-Day and Leadership

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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Martin Luther King Jr.: The Man, The March, the Dream
In the summer of 1963, a convergence of opportunities presented itself for the Civil Rights Movement to take a great leap forward. Grasping the historic potential of the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. sensed the need for a "sort of Gettysburg Address."
   
RONALD REAGAN
President Ronald Reagan: Winning the Cold War
With Operation Urgent Fury -- the invasion of Grenada -- two decades ago, Cold War history began a dramatic turn that would lead in less than a decade to the demise of an empire. Ronald Reagan's clarity of vision, tenacity and unwavering beliefs led to the dismantling of America's most formidable foe.
 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Abraham Lincoln: Tyrant, Hypocrite or Consummate Statesman?
The key to understanding Abraham Lincoln's philosophy of statesmanship is that he always sought the meeting point between what was right in theory and what could be achieved in practice.
   
 
GEORGE WASHINGTON
George Washington: Patriot, President, Planter and Purveyor of Distilled Spirits
As part of his lifelong effort to make Mount Vernon as efficient, diversified and profitable as possible, George Washington became one of the nation's premier distillers.
 
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Benjamin Franklin: America's Inventor
Born 300 years ago, Benjamin Franklin remains perhaps the most inquisitive, creative and prodigious inventor, innovator and thinker ever born on American soil.
   
 
DAVY CROCKETT
Frontier Hero Davy Crockett
Already one of the most celebrated men in America in 1835, the restless Tennessean sought adventure and new opportunity in Texas... where the Alamo and immortality awaited him.
 
MINA CRANDON & HARRY HOUDINI
Mina Crandon & Harry Houdini: The Medium and The Magician
Mina Crandon's followers believed she had genuine paranormal powers. HarryHoudini was equally certain she was a fraud.
   
 
BONNIE & CLYDE
Bonnie & Clyde's Revenge on Eastham
Clyde Barrow knew Eastham prison farm well, and considered it to be a "hell hole." With some of his partners in crime, including Bonnie Parker, the ex-convict hatched a plan to gain a measure of revenge against the hated facility.
 
HANK AARON
Hank Aaron: Interview with the Former Atlanta Braves Slugger
With 755 home runs to his credit, the Hank Aaron, former Braves' slugger, discusses Jackie Robinson's challenge of baseball's color line and his own pursuit of Babe Ruth's record.
   
 
WILLIAM W. BROWN
William W. Brown: Abolitionist and Historian
After his 1834 escape to freedom, fugitive slave William Wells Brown used his literary talents for the abolitionist cause and to record the history of America's blacks.
 
JIMMY DOOLITTLE
Jimmy Doolittle Reminiscences About World War II
Thirteen years before his 1993 death at the age of 97, the famed aviator who led the retaliatory American raid on Tokyo in 1942 spoke about his experiences and the people he served with during World War II.
   
 
AUDIE MURPHY
Audie Murphy: One-Man Stand at Holtzwihr
Audie Murphy earned the Medal of Honor and lasting fame during a fierce engagement near Colmar, France, and ended the war as America's most decorated soldier.
 
THOMAS E. DEWEY
Thomas E. Dewey Defeats Dutch Schultz
Thomas E. Dewey earned a reputation as a hard-hitting New York prosecutor who challenged organized crime in the 1930s. One of the men he helped bring down was a ruthless gangster who called himself Dutch Schultz -- but Dewey did it only with the intervention of some very unlikely allies.
   
 
EDITH CAVELL
Edith Cavell: World War I Nurse and Heroine
A fanatically selfless sense of duty drove nurse Edith Cavell to harbor Allied soldiers behind German lines.
 
WILD BILL HICKOK
Wild Bill Hickok: Pistoleer, Peace Officer and Folk Hero
A legend in his own time, James Butler ('Wild Bill') Hickok was no average Joe when he went head-to-head with his enemies--he reportedly could 'draw and discharge his pistols with a rapidity that was truly wonderful.'

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GEORGE CUSTER
George Armstrong Custer: Between Myth and Reality
Reality and myth about George Custer still collide on the battlefields of Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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