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Military History Magazine 2004 August Gettysburg Black Doughboys medal of honor
Military History Magazine 2004 August U-2 Over Moscow
This Magazine is published six times a year. Cover: Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain may have been more heroic at the Battle of Petersburg than at Gettysburg, but the public prefers the legend of his stand at Little Round Top, shown in this Don Troiani painting, Bayonet!
Cover. Historical Art Prints, Ltd., Southbury, Conn.
26 America's Flawed Valhalla
By Thomas A. Desjardin
Asked during a 50th-anniversary ceremony if he was disappointed that there was no monument to him at Gettysburg, Daniel Sickles replied, "Hell, the whole damned battlefield is my memorial!"
34 U-2 Over Moscow
Interview by Jim Haviland
Looking down on the Soviet capital through smoggy skies, U-2 pilot Carmine Vito was suddenly struck by the fear that his photographs would not reveal anything. "Gee, I came all this way for nothing," he thought.
42 Remembering Tarawa
By Doug Pricer
"We just tried to keep going and eventually made it ashore," John Pricer told his son. "There were dead Marines everywhere. We had to wade through them."
50 The Prince and the Emperor
By Thomas Zacharis and Greg Maynard
When Grand Prince Svyatoslav of Kiev and his Rus sought control of the Danube River in 971, he set himself on a collision course with Byzantine Emperor John I Tzimisces.
58 Canudos Campaign: A Brazilian Tragedy
By Glenn Barnett
On March 3, 1897, Colonel Antonio Moreira Cassured his troops, "We will have breakfast in Canudos!" By the end of the day, however, he was dying, and the Brazilian army's third expedition would not reach rebel-held Canudos even in time for dinner.
DEPARTMENTS
6EDITORIAL
8LETTERS
12 INTRIGUE By W. Adam Mandelbaum
As Queen Elizabeth I's "Intelligences," John Dee combined skills in science and the occult.
18 PERSPECTIVES By Ralph Benton
In 67 BC, Roman general Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus set out to reclaim Mare Nostrum from the pirates that infested it-once and for all.
66 REVIEWS By Kenneth P. Czech
The War of the Sicilian Vespers saw a brilliantly managed but much overlooked naval campaign.
72 WEAPONRY By C. Blake Powers
Though their success was limited, wheel locks brought about advances in firearm technology, metallurgy and military strategy.
74PERSONALITY By Taylor V. Beattie
With his platoon leader down, Corporal Freddie Stowers took charge at Hill 188-urging his troops on when he was too wounded to move.
78 MILITARIA MARKETPLACE
82BEST LITTLE STORIES By C. Brian Kelly
The Ploesti raid of August 1, 1943, produced five Medals of Honor.
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