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Was the USS Monitor the most revolutionary technological development of the American Civil War?

Operation Market Garden: History's Greatest Airborne Assault

It was hoped that Operation Market Garden would shorten the war, but the largest airborne operation of World War II failed in its main objectives.

Airborne Operations During World War II

Air America: Played a Crucial Part of the Emergency Helicopter Evacuation of Saigon

AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP

American Volunteer Group: Claire L. Chennault and the Flying Tigers
Secretly recruited, a group of American pilots led by a former stunt pilot gained hero status in two nations during World War II and won a permanent place in the annals of aviation history.

AIR AMERICA IN VIETNAM

Air America: Played a Crucial Part of the Emergency Helicopter Evacuation of Saigon
The last assignment of the CIA's Air America airline was one of its most hectic: airlift more than one thousand people to safety from Saigon rooftops just prior to North Vietnam's capture of the city.

WORLD WAR II

World War II: 463rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion in the Battle of Bastogne
In stopping the last major German assault against Bastogne, the veteran gunners of the 463rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion proved their skill to skeptical troops of the 101st Airborne Division.

	Operation Pointblank: Evolution of Allied Air Doctrine During World War II
	Operation Varsity: Allied Airborne Assault Over the Rhine River
	Battle of Crete: It Began with Germany's Airborne Invasion -- Operation Mercury

101ST AIRBORNE IN WORLD WAR II

World War II: Interview with 101st Airborne Trooper James Flanagan about D-Day
James Flanagan's triumph and relief on D-Day were captured in a soon-to-be-famous photograph wired to newspapers across the United States.

	World War II: 101st Airborne Division Holds the Line Along Hell's Highway
	World War II: 101st Airborne Division Participate in Operation Overlord

KOREAN WAR

A New Era in Aerial Warfare Began During the Korean War
The first months of the Korean War saw a struggle for air superiority acted out by the fighters of the World War II vintage. Then the MiGs arrived, and a new era in aerial warfare began.

Korean War: The Boeing B-29 Superfortress Served Throughout the Air War

WORLD WAR I

World War I: Cuxhaven Raid -- Britain's Bold Strike From the Sea
On Christmas Day 1914, an audacious British air attack on a Zeppelin base in northern Germany caught the Germans with their defenses down.

World War I: American Caproni Pilots in Italy

VIETNAM WAR

Vietnam War's Linebacker II Air Operations
The Linebacker II air operations over North Vietnam were truly spectacular. Making it happen were the maintenance crews back on the ground.

	Operation Marauder: Allied Offensive in the Mekong Delta
	Operation Niagara: Siege of Khe Sanh

MEDEVAC HELICOPTERS

Rescue at LZ Albany
Chaos prevailed over the battle zone, but the helicopter crews never wavered. They had to save the troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, who were dying in the tall grass.

	Eagle Dustoff: Medevac Choppers to the Rescue
	Vietnam War Fighting Forces: 326th Medical Battalion's Air Ambulance Platoon

BERLIN AIRLIFT

Berlin Airlift: Operation Vittles
Almost 60 years ago, a massive airlift into Berlin showed the Soviets that a post-WWII blockade would not work.

VIETNAM AIRLIFT

U.S. Air Force Airlifts in the 1972 Eastertide Offensive
The North Vietnamese Army had An Loc cut off and besieged. But they could not stop the U.S. Air Force airlifters who kept that outpost alive.

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS

World War II: Eyewitness to the Raid on Magdeburg
The curtains are pulled back, revealing a big map of Europe with red ribbons leading to our target -- the synthetic oil refineries near Magdeburg, Germany. There is a low murmur among the crew members as the target is announced....

World War II: Eyewitness to the Raid on Ploesti

INTERVIEWS

Interview with World War II Russian Pilot Evgeny Stepanov
In the years before World War II, Russia's Evgeny Stepanov flew against the Germans over Spain and fought the Japanese over Khalkin Gol.

World War II: Interview with Doolittle Raider James Macia

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