William W. Reynolds

Documents, Interviews, The War Years (1775-1783) September 26, 2022 September 26, 2022

This Week on Dispatches: William W. Reynolds on the Yorktown Surrender Documents

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On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor William W. Reynolds on his examination of the surrender documents from Yorktown discovering differences between…

Espionage and Cryptography, Features, Interviews, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) February 20, 2021 February 20, 2021

This Week on Dispatches: William W. Reynolds on the British Naval Signals Missions of 1781

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On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews retired engineer and JAR contributor William W. Reynolds on how the Americans were able to obtain…

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