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==Plagiarism controversy==
==Plagiarism controversy==
Historian Mary Grabar notes how several portions of Zinn's work are plagiarized from other radicals.<ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2019/08/21/howard-zinns-anti-american-propaganda-takes-smithsonian/ Howard Zinn’s Anti-American Propaganda Takes Over The Smithsonian]</ref> Most notably, passages from Zinn's ''A People's History of the United States'' mirror those from authors Gary Nash and Hans Koning.<ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/howard_zinns_american_holocaust.html Howard Zinn's American Holocaust]</ref>
Historian Mary Grabar notes how several portions of Zinn's work are plagiarized from other radicals.<ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2019/08/21/howard-zinns-anti-american-propaganda-takes-smithsonian/ Howard Zinn’s Anti-American Propaganda Takes Over The Smithsonian]</ref> Most notably, passages from Zinn's ''A People's History of the United States'' mirror those from authors Gary Nash and Hans Koning.<ref>[https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/howard_zinns_american_holocaust.html Howard Zinn's American Holocaust]</ref>
==World War II veteran==
Eager to fight [[fascism]], Zinn joined the United States Army Air Corps during [[World War II]] and became an officer. He was assigned as a bombardier in the 490th Bombardment Group,<ref>{{cite book| title= The Politics of History| edition= 2nd | first= Howard |last= Zinn | publisher= University of Illinois Press| year= 1990| pages= 258–274 |isbn= 978-0-252-01673-8}}</ref> bombing targets in [[Berlin]], [[Czechoslovakia]], and [[Hungary]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100167600/extras/thebombexcerptcl.pdf |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100167600/extras/thebombexcerptcl.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=The Bomb|website=Citylights.com|access-date=}}</ref> As bombardier, Zinn dropped [[napalm]] bombs in April 1945 on Royan, a seaside resort in western France.<ref>{{cite book |last=Zinn |first=Howard |title=Declarations of Independence |url=https://archive.org/details/declarationsofin00zinn |url-access=registration |year=1990 |publisher=HarperPerennial |location=New York |isbn=978-0-06-092108-8}}</ref>
==See also==
==See also==