Newly Published Stories:

  • FORT GARRY HORSE: Bettering the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1917 Special Thanks to the 'espritdecorps' Canadian Military Magazine
  • Handly's Case of Wine. Special Thanks to the POA Journal
  • Rickover's First Engineering Challenge Special Thanks to UnderSeaWarfare Magazine
  • Chronicling the World’s First Aerial Bomb Special Thanks to 'Crossroads of the Corps Magazine'
  • The Sinking of Llandovery Castle. Special Thanks to Canadian Naval Review
  • What Does a Cat, a Rooster, a Rabbit and a Dove have to do with the Navy’s First Submarine? Special Thanks to UnderSeaWarfare Magazine
  • The Other Crucifixion
  • A RECORD DIVE! Special Thanks to UnderSeaWarfare Magazine
  • The Chicken and the Egg and a Good Yoke, too! Special Thanks to 'Crossroads of the Corps' Magazine
  • OUTWITTING THE HUN
  • MENTAL AMMUNITION
  • SAINTS OF FORT ROSS
  • Saving Caruso’s Chickens
  • Wine in the aftermath of the “Great Quake”
  • Wine Bath and Beyond
  • Blast from the Past: Explosions and Sponges in Old Champagne
  • The Poster That ‘Normalized’ Gay Sex
  • Dr. Alfred Southwick and his legacy of the electric chair

The Russians in California:
  • The Indomitable Chapel
  • Move To Add Bells At Fort Ross
  • Ten Years After Rezanov
  • The Fort Ross Bell
  • Helena of Fort Ross
  • Concha and Nikoli
  • Gertrude Athertons Russians
  • The Saga of The Bears and Bulls
  • Missions, Sea Otters and California Indians
  • The Saints of Fort Ross
Catholic Stories:
  • Do Nuns Wear Underpants
  • Escape From Alcatraz
  • Letters For Damien
  • Father Damien
  • Guilt Trip Down Memory Lane
  • Holy Flatulence
  • Pink Slip For An Altar Boy

Sports History:
  • There's More Than One "F" In Football
  • London Is Not Reno
  • It's a Bird!  It's a Plane!...  It's Baseball?

Political History:
  • FDR'S Fistfight

Automotive History:
  • The Car In The Picture
Dental History:
  • President profiles: Thomas Jefferson, his good teeth 'shews'
  • 8 Teeth Sacrificed For The Record
  • Dr. Paul Carrington and the king's teeth
  • Dr. Faith Sai So Leong: The first Chinese woman dentist
  • The commodore, the toothache court-martial, and Moby Dick
  • Ouch ouch ouch: Profile of Dr. Charles Edmund Kells
  • The story of Pearl Grey: Dentist turned author, adventurer
  • How 2 Men ChangedDentistry Forever
  • When the ADA Beat Khruschev
  • You're in the army now': 2 mules and a folding chair
  • The Long Toothache
  • The Dental Technician's Kiss
  • Les Misérables And Anne Hathaway's Teeth
  • Dr. Esther Wilkins: The rock star of dental hygiene
  • 'Toothsome Rex': "The president with the winning smile"
  • Doc Holliday: 'History's most notorious dentist'
  • 2 portraits of Dr. Fritz Pfeffer, Anne Frank's roommate
  • Dr. Frank Hardy: The sharpshooting dentist


Military History:
  • The Flag Riot of Frisco
  • What Goes Up
  • The First Air Force One?
  • Jimmy Doolittle at Minus 2,900 Feet
  • Market Garden Apples
  • Flashes of Purple Sparks
  • The Navy's Screwballs
  • Pioneer Airman's Tragic Destiny
  • The Sinking OF Admiral Barry
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