The B-25 medium bomber is most famous for its part in the Doolittle raid over Tokyo. But it was an extremely versatile aircraft that carried out multiple roles in every theater of the war, for the US Army, Navy and Marines as well as for the British and Soviet air forces.
During the Second World War, the US intercepted thousands of Soviet communications under a top secret NSA program.
The frontline Soviet fighter of the Korean War was, ironically, built with the help of the British.
The Public Museum in Oshkosh MN has a Colt Navy pistol on display that belonged to the outlaw Cole Younger—a partner of the more famous Jesse James. By some reports, this particular pistol may have been involved in the attempted 1876 bank robbery by the Jesse James Gang in Northfield MN.
The 1932 Presidential elections may have been the most consequential in recent American history. But the results were almost overturned by a man with a gun.
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