The Khyber Pass, some of the most contested ground in the world, lies on the border of these two countries.
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Daily Quiz for May 20, 2012
This Englishman answered the call of the Egyptian and Sudanese people during the Mahdist uprising, but failed to save Khartoum – or his own life.
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Daily Quiz for May 19, 2012
Two presidential sons have received the Congressional Medal of Honor, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and this man.
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DVD Review – My Vietnam, Your Iraq
Takes viewers inside the families of Vietnam War combat veterans whose children are or have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan
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Review – Vietnam Album
A picture book of never-before published Vietnam War photos cleverly interlaced with quotes, snippets from oral histories and firsthand accounts
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Review – The M1 Carbine and The M16
Both books from Osprey Publishing detail the guns and their roles in Vietnam
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Book Review: U.S. MACV-SOG Reconnaissance Team in Vietnam
Told with the authority of a Vietnam vet and backed by a wealth of declassified photos, many taken on missions.
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Review – Black Ops Vietnam: The Operational History of MACVSOG
Offers a wealth of little-known information about this shadowy world in Vietnam
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Daily Quiz for May 18, 2012
In A.D. 874, Ingolfur Arnarson became the first settler of this country.
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Review – In Country: Remembering the Vietnam War
Essential bits of the warrior’s reality for a stunningly vivid portrait of the Vietnam War