On Feb. 16, 1804, Lt. Stephen Decatur led a raid to recapture or destroy the US ship Philadelphia in this harbor.
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Daily Quiz for May 15, 2011
Nearly 3,000 Mormon pioneers used this conveyance to travel from Iowa and Nebraska to Utah.
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Daily Quiz for May 14, 2011
This is the world’s only land route to the Arctic Ocean.
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Daily Quiz for May 13, 2011
To drive the Germans back from Moscow during World War II, the Soviets counterattacked with this many divisions.
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Shreveport Under Siege: The Louisiana Maneuvers, Phase 2
The Louisiana Maneuvers in 1941 made a rising star of George S. Patton as the U.S. Army got ready to rumble.
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Letter from Vietnam magazine – June 2011
An intergenerational brotherhood The war in Vietnam ended nearly four decades ago, but for […]
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Book Review – The Mayaguez Incident: Testing America’s Resolve in the Post Vietnam Era, by Robert J. Mahoney
The Mayaguez Incident by Robert Mahoney explains how Washington dealt with the capture of Mayaguez by the Khmer Rouge at the end of the Vietnam War, and the dramatic rescue mission carried out by the U.S. Navy, Marines and Air Force
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Book Review – The Columbia History of the Vietnam War, edited by David L. Anderson
The Columbia History of the Vietnam War is a collection of 14 essays by respected scholars that examines historical themes with contemporary relevance
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Book Review – Forever Forward: K-9 Operations in Vietnam, by Michael Lemish
Michael Lemish’s book, Forever Forward: K-9 Operations in Vietnam, offers an examination of the some 4,000 dogs that served in Vietnam, frequently engaging the enemy and credited with averting an estimated 10,000 American casualties
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Review – The American War in Contemporary Vietnam: Transnational Remembrance and Representation, by Christina Schwenkel
The American War in Contemporary Vietnam, by Christina Schwenkel, describes the ongoing struggle inside today’s Vietnam over memory and history. Today the struggle is between American capitalism and Vietnamese socialism; previously the same struggle took place on the battlefields. of Southeast Asia.