History That Doesn't Suck

194: Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941

07 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“Man your battle stations! This is no sh*t!” This is the story of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  It’s 7:55 on Sunday morning, December...

193: The Empire of the Rising Sun: Military Imperialism in Japan (1853–1941)

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“To be perfectly frank, the ways you and I look at the Chinese are fundamentally different. You seem to think of them as human, but I see them as pi...

192: A Conversation with Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein: The American Revolution and WWII

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Greg Jackson sits down with legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and his co-producer Sarah Botstein to discuss their newest film series...

Bonus: Eleanor Roosevelt "Over Our Coffee Cups"

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Professor Jackson tells the story of Eleanor Roosevelt’s “Over Our Coffee Cups” weekly radio show. Starting in the fall of 1941, the First...

191: Halloween Special V: “The War of the Worlds” on the Radio

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“No more defenses. Our army is wiped out—artillery, air force, everything wiped out.” This is the story of the invasion of New Jersey. “The ...

190: An Epilogue to US Pre-WW2 Turn from Isolationism to Interventionism and the Influential Americans in London Who Brokered the FDR-Churchill Bromance

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Jackson takes a step back to review themes from episodes 187 through 189 (War in Europe and America’s Response), specifically the slow tur...

189: World War II in Europe & the American Response (1941): Production & Preparation

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"At long last, Mr. President.”—Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill This is the story of the second year of WWII and the United States’ respons...

The Unlikely Union: "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Greg Jackson shares a personal message about our politically divided times and announces more tour dates for his live show: The Unlikely Uni...

188: World War II in Europe & The American Response (1939–40): Isolationism vs. Arsenal of Democracy

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“I have said not once but many times that I have seen war and that I hate war. … I hope the United States will keep out of this war. I believe tha...

Introducing Star Trek: Khan

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The next episode of HTDS drops Sept 22nd. Prof. Jackson will begin the story of World War II in the European Theater and see the United States’ reac...

187: From the Rhineland to Poland (1935–1939): Annexation, Appeasement, & the Start of World War II

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“A great war can hardly be avoided any longer.” This is the story of Nazi Germany’s aggressive territorial expansion and the start of WWII.  ...

186: From Czardom to Stalinism: Building the USSR & the Ascent of Joseph Stalin

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“Comrade Stalin, now that he is general secretary, has concentrated immense power in his hands, and I am not sure whether he will always be capable ...

185: The Early Holocaust: From the “Jewish Question” to Kristallnacht

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“Being a Jew is not a crime, I am not a dog.” This is the story of the start of the Holocaust.  Serving as the scapegoat for everything from a ...

The Unlikely Union: New Tour Dates

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Greg Jackson is touring the country with a live version of the podcast telling the story of The Unlikely Union of American states. Starting ...

184: The Rise of Adolf Hitler: From Failure to Führer of Nazi Germany or the Third Reich

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“There will be no more mercy now; anyone who stands in our way will be butchered.” This is the story of Adolf Hitler and the collapse of the We...

183: The Origin of Fascism: “Il Duce” Benito Mussolini & the Rise of Fascist Italy

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“Italy, Gentlemen, wants peace, wants quiet, wants work, wants calm; we will give it with love, if that be possible, or with strength, if that be ne...

182: A Prologue to World War II: US Army Interwar Preparation

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is the story of interwar preparation–not that the United States realized it was preparing for World War II, new technologies, innovation, and a...

181: American Aviation: The Growth of the Industry Through the Eyes of Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, and Howard Hughes

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“If he is lost it will be the most universally regretted single loss we ever had. But that kid ain’t going to fail.” This is the story of the h...

180: “A Race to the Sky”: The Rise of New York City’s Chrysler, Manhattan Company, and Empire State Buildings

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“If this is to be a skyscraper… why not make it scrape the sky.”  This is the story of the race for the tallest building in New York City—in...

179: Bridging the Bay: San Francisco’s Golden Gate and Bay Bridges (Infrastructure pt. 2)

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“Everybody says it can’t be done.” This is the story of San Francisco’s two great bridges.  The bustling cities of Oakland and San Fran...

178: “A Damn Big Dam”: Taming the Colorado River with the Hoover (or Boulder) Dam (Infrastructure pt. 1)

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“I felt no distress whatever…I was perspiring freely and was as limber and helpless as a wet rag. It was an exhilarating experience.... It was the...

Introducing: What We Spend

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A new HTDS episode about The Hoover Dam debuts May 5th. Meanwhile, we'd like to introduce a new show from our partners at Audacy: What We Spend. Ima...

America 250: The Boston Campaign 1775-76: A Leadership Discussion with Gen. William Rapp

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is a conversation to kick off the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Retired U.S. Army Major General and history buff, Bill Rapp, drop...

177: An Epilogue to the New Deal and CCC Deep Dive with Neil Maher

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A discussion of the recent HTDS narrative episodes on FDR and the New Deal. Think of it as a book club for additional insights into these latest chapt...

176: FDR v. “The Nine Old Men” (The New Deal pt. 3): Court Packing and Closing the New Deal

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“No matter how great and good a man may be, executive aggrandizement is not safe for democracy.” This is the story of Franklin’s second term an...

Presenting "Crime House True Crime Stories:" A Crime House Original

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! HTDS will be back next week with a special episode continuing our history-telling of the New Deal. While we put the finishi...

175: The Dirty Thirties (The New Deal pt. 2): Dust, Doubts, and the “Second” New Deal

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“I saw and approached the hungry and desperate mother, as if drawn by a magnet.” This is the story of FDR’s first term after facing down the in...

174: The First “First Hundred Days:” FDR Kicks Off the New Deal

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“[We] had forgotten to be Republicans or Democrats. We were just a bunch of men trying to save the banking system.” This is the story of FDR’s ...

173: From Hyde Park to the White House: The Early Life and Election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-–nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which pa...

14 (Second Edition): The Newburgh Conspiracy and The Peace of Paris

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

“I have not only grown gray but almost blind in service to my country.” This is the story (or tale) of two cities.  In Paris, Ben Franklin, Joh...

13 (Second Edition): The Battle of the Chesapeake & the World Turns Upside Down at Yorktown

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The British officers in general behaved like boys who had been whipped at school.” This is the story of the beginning of the Revolution's end. Fo...

12 (Second Edition): An American Judas Betrays & Nathanael Greene Saves!

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Arnold has betrayed us! Whom can we trust now?" This isn't a story of betrayal; this is THE story of betrayal.  After half a decade of giving his ...

172: Breadlines, Bank Failures, & the Bonus Army: Hoover & the Early Great Depression

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Too much praise cannot be given to the President for the prompt and resolute and skillful way in which he has set about reassuring the country after ...

171: Christmas Special VIII: Festivities in the Jazz Age

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“There is a million dollars here for the asking!” This is the story of Christmas in the 1920s.  Yeah, the whole decade—why not? One hundred y...

170: The Crash of 1929 & Meeting President Herbert Hoover

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“A wise man never sells out at the first sign of trouble. That’s for the pikers.” This is the story of the 1929 Wall Street Crash.  On Octobe...

169: An Epilogue to the 1920s: Youth culture, The Great Gatsby, and more with Professor Sarah Churchwell

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our last few episodes have reveled in stories of the popularization of movies, music and sports during the Roaring 1920s. In this epilogue episode, Pr...

168: Halloween Special IV: Nosferatu and Silent Horror

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“His Lordship from Transylvania would like to purchase a nice house in our small town . . . it will take a bit of effort . . . a bit of sweat and pe...

167: The Golden Age of Sports: Horse Racing, Boxing, Basketball, Football, & Jim Thorpe

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“We have a basket and a ball, and it seems to me that would be a good name for it.” This is the story of America’s varied athletic endeavors (b...

166: A Conversation on Negro Leagues Baseball History with Bob Kendrick

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As a follow up to episode 165 America’s Favorite Pastime: Baseball, we’re proud to share an interview with Bob Kendrick, the President of the Negr...

165: America’s Favorite Pastime: Baseball, the Negro Leagues, and the Great Bambino

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"As I hit the ball, every muscle in my system, every sense I had, told me that I had never hit a better one . . . I didn't have to look. But I did. Th...

164: Harlem Renaissance: The Great Migration, Jazz, and the Flowering of Black Culture

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“Harlem is the queen of the black belts, drawing Aframericans together in a vast humming hive . . . from the different states, from the islands of t...

163: The Show (Boat) Must Go On: Broadway and the American Musical

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“Miller, Lyles, and I were standing near the exit door . . . Blake stuck out there in front, leading the orchestra—his bald head would get the bru...

162: The Birth of the Movies: From Silent Cinema to the Rise of Hollywood & the First “Talkie”

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain’t heard nothing yet!” This is the story of the silver screen.  In the late nineteenth century, technolo...

161: An Epilogue Toast to Prohibition’s End with Author Daniel Okrent

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Cheers to Professor Jackson’s post Prohibition conversation with distinguished author Daniel Okrent! Dan is the the author of Last Call: The Rise an...

160: Al Capone & the End of Prohibition

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“Only Capone kills like that.” This is the story of the rise and fall of Al Capone, and the last gasps of Prohibition.  No other gangster compa...

159: Scofflaws, Moonshiners, Bootleggers, and Crime Lords

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“Don’t ask me nothin’! You hear me? Don’t ask! And don’t bring anybody in here for me to identify. I won’t identify them even if I know th...

158: Prohibition - So You Wanna Be a Rum Runner?

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“You’re Bill McCoy.” “Never heard of him.” This is the story of a crazy decade-plus when America outlawed booze…but the liquor kept flowi...

157: Temperance, Prohibition, and the Path to the 18th Amendment

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Description: “Farewell, you good-for-nothing, God-forsaken, iniquitous, bleary-eyed, bloated-faced old imp of perdition, farewell!” This ...

156: The Presidency of “Silent” Cal Coolidge

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“I believe I can swing it.” This is the story of the Coolidge Administration. Calvin Coolidge isn’t the most talkative guy–he’s painfully ...

155: The Life & Times of Warren G. Harding & The Teapot Dome Scandal

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“If you knew of a great scandal in our administration, would you for the good of the country and the party expose it publicly or would you bury it?”...

154: An Epilogue Discussion with Ben Sawyer

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Prof. sits down with fellow Prof. Ben Sawyer of the Road to Now Podcast and Middle Tennessee State University to chat through the last volume epis...

153: West Virginia’s Mine Wars: From Trouble in Matewan to the Battle of Blair Mountain

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“I want to say make no settlement until they sign up that every bloody murderer of a guard has got to go.” This is the story of the largest upris...

152: The Second Ku Klux Klan: Racism, Anti-Semitism, & Anti-Catholicism in the 1920s

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“Every official except one elected yesterday at the first municipal election of this borough had been endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan.” This is the ...

151: The First Red Scare - Bombings, The Palmer Raids, Eugene Debs, and J. Edgar Hoover

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“Palmer, do not let this country see red.” This is the story of America’s First Red Scare. On June 2, 1919, Attorney General Mitchell Palmer is...

150: The Great War’s Aftermath: Coming Home, The Spanish Flu, & The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“I keep wondering if the Unknown Soldier is one of my men.” This is the story of the United States coping with and facing the aftermath of World ...

149: WWI Epilogue

01 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Episode to end all … World War I episodes. Professor Jackson sits down with Kelsi Dynes to talk through all the things that didn’t make it int...

148: Tales of Christmas from World War I (A Truce, Plum Pudding, and Love)

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“The circumstances under which we are spending this particular Christmas are unusual.” This is the story of the Christmases of World War I. Germ...

147: Peacemaking in Paris: The Treaty of Versailles

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“A Peace which cannot be defended in the name of justice before the whole world would continually call forth fresh resistance” This is the story ...

146: The Armistice of November 11, 1918

06 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 “The German delegation has come to receive the proposals of the Allied Powers looking to an armistice.” This is the story of guns falling silen...

145: Halloween Special III: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“If I can but reach that bridge,” thought Ichabod, “I am safe.” This is the story of schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and his ride home after an ev...

144: A Conversation with Ken Burns - Storytelling and the American Buffalo

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Greg Jackson sits down with legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns about his latest film The American Buffalo which has a two-part premie...

143: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive (pt.2) – Breaking the Kriemhilde Line

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“All right, General. We’ll take it, or my name will head the list.” This is the story of Meuse-Argonne and the Americans’ continued struggles...

142: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive (pt.1) – “The Lost Battalion”

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Our own artillery is dropping a barrage directly on us. For heaven’s sake, stop it.” This is the story of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive’s begi...

141: Wartime Interlude

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Time to review! Greg and Kelsi talk through the main takeaways of the American story in World War I to date, from causes to new inventions and social ...

140: WWI Aviators: From the Lafayette Escadrille to the Red Baron and More

14 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Something has happened to one of the boys.” This is the story of the Great War’s flyboys – particularly, Americans taking to the skies to fi...

139: From Yeomen (F) to “Hello Girls:” American Women in World War I

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Is there any regulation which specifies that a Navy yeoman be a man?”  This is the story of the United States in the Great War and the role of ...

138: The 15th New York/369th or The Harlem Hellfighters

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“My men never retire. They go forward, or they die!” This is the story of the 15th New York, a.k.a, the 369th, or the Harlem Hellfighters. James...

137: The First Battle of the First American Army: St. Mihiel

03 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 “Marshal Foch, you have no authority as Allied Commander-in-Chief to call upon me to yield up my command of the American Army and have it scattere...

136: The German Spring Offensive’s End, or The Second Battle of the Marne

19 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Every time I have felt annoyed since then at France, this picture comes to mind and my anger softens.” This is the story of the Great War’s tu...

135: Belleau Wood – A Cut Deeper with Captain Mac Caldwell

05 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The impact of the 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood on the US Marine Corps is hard to overstate. Though in existence since 1775, the Corps was reborn in tho...

134: (Most of) The German Spring Offensive of 1918 & The Fight for Belleau Wood

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is the story of the first real battles of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in World War I. Carrying out his third operation of the German ...

133: Heading “Over There:” “Black Jack” Pershing & Creating WWI’s American Expeditionary Force

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Lafayette, nous sommes ici!” (Lafayette, we are here!) This is the story of a nation building an army from nothing. After years of trying to avoi...

132: The US Enters WWI (RMS Lusitania, Black Tom Island, & The Zimmermann Telegram)

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“I still think I see the struggling of poor passengers in the water.” This is the story of the United States’ path into the Great War. The Uni...

131: Epilogue on World War 1 before the US

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Starting the Great War (World War I) and covering this massive conflict up to 1917 has been a pretty big task unto itself. So, before we go in close o...

130: Russia: From the Great War to Revolution with Deputy Provost Kat Brown

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

To say Russia had a difficult go of it during World War I would be a gross understatement. Millions of dead, lost territory, soldiers charging into ba...

129: World War I Before the US (Military Tech, Trenches, Global Armies, Ypres, Verdun & the Somme)

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“In Flanders’ fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row.” This is the story of the first two and a half years of the Great War, p...

128: The Causes of World War I (From the Congress of Vienna to Franz Ferdinand & the Marne)

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Sopherl, Sopherl! Don’t die on me. Live for our children.” This is the 99-year story of Europe’s descent into total war. The Napoleonic War...

127: Mr. Wilson Goes to Washington (Progressive Policies & Foreign Affairs in South America)

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“It would be the irony of fate if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs.” This is the story of the lesser-known aspects of W...

126: Christmas Special 6: Jacob Riis’ “Is There a Santa Claus?”

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Now, how would you like to be a reporter, if you have got nothing better to do?” This is the story of a reporter–a muckraker–answering a boy...

125: Epilogue: The Progressive Era

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

So much to say–it’s been a while! Kelsi and Greg share stories that they wish made it into some episodes, but alas, just couldn’t (looking at y...

124: The “Bull Moose” Election of 1912

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“It’s true. But it takes more than that to kill a bull moose.” This is the story of one of the most unique, bitter, impactful, and noteworthy e...

123: The Wright Brothers Fly at Kitty Hawk

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Not in a thousand years would man ever fly.”   This is the story of two brothers and the dream of controlled, sustained, and powered flight in a...

122: Halloween Special II: H.P. Lovecraft – “The Outsider” & “Dagon”

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“I am writing this under an appreciable mental strain, since by tonight I shall be no more.” This is the story of a lonely, isolated figure who es...

121: Henry Ford: The Model T & Mass Production

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Your car is self-contained–it carries its own power-plant … keep at it.” This is the story of the rise of the automobile and mass production....

120: From Atlanta to the NAACP, or Booker T. Washington v. W.E.B. Du Bois

26 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“I am not quite sure of the exact place or exact date of my birth, but at any rate, I suspect I must have been born somewhere and at some time.”  ...

119: Women’s Suffrage & the Passage of the 19th Amendment

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“President Wilson, how long must we wait for liberty?” This is the story of women’s suffrage.  According to the legal doctrine of coverture, ...

118: “The Island of Hope and Tears:” Ellis Island

29 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“That’s the light of freedom! Remember that. Freedom.” This is the story of 40% of modern America’s ancestors—this is the story of Ellis Isl...

117: Epilogue on Progressive Era Part I (Teddy Roosevelt)

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With the Presidency of Teddy Roosevelt covered, Greg sits down with Zach and Kelsi to talk favorite stories (especially those that didn’t make it in...

116: Teddy Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy: From Big Stick Diplomacy to the Panama Canal

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“I [will] be obliged to interfere, by force if necessary, if the Germans [take] any action which look[s] like the acquisition of territory in Venezu...

115: History–Doomed to Repeat It? A Conversation with Lindsay Graham

18 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Legendary podcaster and composer (but not US Senator) Lindsay Graham is a dear friend of HTDS and an integral part of the podcast's sound. Today, ...

114: A Square Deal (pt. 3): “Leave it as it is” (Teddy Roosevelt & Conservationism)

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Very well then–I so declare it.” This is the story of the final “C” of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal: conservationism. Ted...

113: A Square Deal (pt. 2): Consumer Protection–The FDA, & Ida Tarbell muckrakes Standard Oil

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“In Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck Rake …” This is the story of another “C” in Teddy’...

112: A Square Deal (pt. 1): Corp. Regulation—a coal strike, a trust, & Teddy’s Frenemy J.P. Morgan

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“If we have done anything wrong, send your man to my man and they can fix it up.” This is the first story of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Squ...

111: The Assassination of Will McKinley & The Strenuous Life of Theodore Roosevelt

09 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.” This is the story of (another) presidential assassi...

110: Epilogue to the Age of Imperialism

25 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Greg, Zach, and Kelsi sit down for a chat about America’s surprisingly compact burst of turn-of-the-century overseas expansion (Age of Imperialism)....

109: The Election of 1900 & the Rise of Anti-Imperialism

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Only dead men can tell the truth in this world. It can be published after I am dead.” This is the story of imperialism and presidential politics...

108: G.O. 100, “The Water Cure,” & The Law of War in the Early-20th Century with Professor Ryan Vogel

28 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The ugliest aspects of the Philippine-American War raised questions of legitimate warfare. Specifically, they required the US to think through a milit...

107: The Philippine-American War

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Co … wards! Assassins!” This is the story of the Philippine-American War. Having bested the Spanish in war, the United States now lays claim t...

106: The US Annexation of the Hawaiian Kingdom

28 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“You have my love, and with sorrow I dismiss you.” This is the story of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s end. Queen Liliuokalani hates the Constitution ...

105: “A Splendid Little War:” The Spanish-American War and Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders

14 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“Sergeant, the Spanish bullet isn’t made that will kill me.”  This is the story of the Spanish-American War. George Dewey’s squadron is in ...