On December 7, 1941, the Japanese caught America by surprise at Pearl Harbor. As ships burned and bombs fell, a lone American seaplane took off at the hands of a newly commissioned Naval officer, Ensign Wes Ruth, and turned north on a flight that nearly changed the history of World War II.

Video Correction: An astute viewer, BestThings.com, pointed out that the 1903A3 rifle was not a single-shot rifle. He wrote: "The last single shot US issue rifle was the Trap Door Springfield used in the 19th Century. Also, the 1903A3 was technically not a first world war rifle. It was certainly based on the 1903 Springfield rifle used in the First World War, but the 1903A3 was an updated version." -- such comments are always welcome! Thank you!

WAR GAME :: TALLY-HO!
Historic Wings has launched a new series of book-based solitaire war games, each carefully researched and accurate to history. The first title, Tally-Ho!, challenges you with a key question – would you have won the Battle of Britain had you been in charge of the RAF or would Great Britain have been left with no choice but to surrender to Germany? The future of the Commonwealth, of Great Britain, and the world, is in your hands.
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Thomas Van Hare has published over 450 articles on aviation history since 1997 at Historic Wings - [ Ссылка ]. He is an author, including along with Matt Lawrence, of the bestselling book, "Betrayal: Clinton, Castro & the Cuban Five", about the shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue in 1996. He serves as the Director of the Defense Technology Innovation Program LLC, a public-private partnership with the Pentagon that scouts, identifies, and brings breakthrough technologies for potential military use. He is a former three-time White House appointee working in foreign policy, national security, and defense, a former CEO of an airline and flew as a command pilot and mission director on search and rescue missions, saving over 3,000 lives.

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