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Black women in the U.S. Army during WWII made up the 6888 battalion, whose sole job was to handle the mail for American soldiers. Their story has been largely ignored for decades – until now. Hear their story and learn about their impossible feats from a historian close to the project.
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While the Panama Canal has played a crucial role in maritime shipping, its construction was fraught with problems.
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The Silver Bridge collapse is popular in relation to a unique folklore but it also completely changed how we look at safety regulations for bridges. Hear the story of the collapse and the folklore surrounding it. Then get an inside look at the story with West Virginia DOT’s Tracy W. Brown, a state bridge engineer.
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The U.K.’s largest sunken merchant ship met a dramatic end. But no one knew what actually happened until 20 years after the disaster, thanks to the families of the crew who fought hard for answers.
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The Lufthansa Heist was indeed the biggest heist in history at the time, but Goodfellas didn’t tell the whole story… if you can believe that. In 1990, Martin Scorsce directed acclaimed gangster flick Goodfellas, captivating audiences with the mobster story of a famous heist. The movie was loosely based on the 1978 heist of a Lufthansa airplane’s cargo and the true story is even more unbelievable than the script.
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Focuses on telling engaging stories throughout the history of freight and transportation that shaped the industry we know today
