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As the first Black aviators to serve in the U.S. Army Air Corps, the Tuskegee Airmen broke through a massive segregation barrier in the American military. Their success and heroism during World War II, fighting Germans in the skies over Europe, shattered pervasive stereotypes that African Americans had neither the character nor the aptitude for combat. And their achievements laid crucial groundwork for civil rights progress in the decades to come.In the summer of 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Civilian Pilot Training Program Act to train civilian aviators at colleges and vocational schools in preparation for a national...

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The Spectacular Outstanding 2021 Show of Shows has come to an end.    Click here to read all about it.

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  WE WILL NEVER SEE THIS AGAIN Thought you'd enjoy this!        It's one you want your Children and Grandchildren to read. They won't believe this happened, but it DID.   Harry & Bess Truman      Harry Truman was a different kind of President. He probably made as many, or more important decisions regarding our nation's history as any of the other 32 Presidents preceding him. However, a measure of his greatness may rest on what he did after he left the White House.   The only asset he had when he died was the house he...

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MORE OF THE RUPTURED DUCK "SECRETS OF THE ARSENAL"      For those of you who never saw this American Heroes Channel episode of "Secrets of the Arsenal", here is an opportunity with a money back guarantee. This will also give you a chance to check out one of the most famous pieces in Bill Shea's collection.   CLICK THE PICTURE TO GO TO THE PAGE This was the very first episode and our portion begins at 11:29 seconds into the episode and lasts about 10 minutes. A seven person crew was here for over 10 hours so this also provides you...

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     Technische Nothilfe (abbreviated as TN, TeNo or TENO literally meaning "Technical Emergency Help") was a German organization founded after the First World War and developed into a volunteer emergency response unit. Its role was expanded during the Third Reich as the organization was placed in charge of technical civil defense.             It’s an underappreciated unit and, like all the organizations of the Third Reich, had its own very distinctive regalia including badges, uniforms and daggers. I bought my first TeNo hewer in 1970, along with a Red Cross hewer, for a total of...

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