Spring Storm was the code phrase for the operation intended to save this person from capture or death.
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Daily Quiz for November 27, 2009
This man was entrusted with enlisting Indian tribes in an alliance with the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
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Daily Quiz for November 26, 2009
Medieval commanders solved the problem of transporting heavy siege artillery through this method.
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Live From Washington, It’s Lottery Night 1969!
Forty years ago, on December 1, 1969, the first Vietnam draft lottery was held, which used birthdays to determine the random order in which young men would be chosen for military service in 1970. Birthdays were drawn from 366 blue plastic capsules.
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What’s Your Number? The Vietnam War Selective Service Lottery
How would you have done in the 1970 Vietnam draft lottery, in a drawing held the night of December 1, 1969, and carried live over the radio and television? Find out how prominent figures born between 1944 and 1950 fared.
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Daily Quiz for November 25, 2009
The "flower wars" were begun by this nation.
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A Cold Day in Hell
John Joseph Henry was a 16-year-old Pennsylvania rifleman who volunteered to serve under Colonel […]
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America’s First Women Aviators
Amelia Earhart followed a trail blazed by several daring women aviators.
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Letter from American History – February 2010
Washington’s Prudence During the early stages of the Revolutionary War, patriot leaders hoped Canadians […]
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Daily Quiz for November 24, 2009
This British officer and official whose actions helped spark the American Revolution had once fought alongside George Washington.