College students who accompanied WWII veterans on return visits to old battlefields tell how the experience changed them.
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Interview: Timothy Davis / The Greatest Generations Foundation
The Greatest Generations Foundation helps veterans return to their old battlefields for closure and to capture their stories for posterity, as well as providing community educational programs – an interview with TGGF founder Timothy Davis.
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Daily Quiz for November 4, 2009
The first American combat division to land on the continent of Europe in WWII was comprised of troops from this state.
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Daily Quiz for November 3, 2009
This man said, "Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result."
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Daily Quiz for November 2, 2009
The last major offensive operation by Germany’s Luftwaffe in World War II occurred during this month.
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Wild Blue Yonder, II
Flying a bomber was by its very nature dangerous business. USAAF doctrine, however, was part of the problem.
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Daily Quiz for November 1, 2009
The "miracle on the Vistula" refers to a Polish victory over soldiers of this nation.
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Daily Quiz for October 31, 2009
The name of Apache chief Mangas Colorados means this in English.
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Daily Quiz for October 30, 2009
During the French and Indian War, a French force sent from Ft. Machault to relieve Ft. Niagara from siege in 1759 had originally been intended to attack this fort.
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Daily Quiz for October 29, 2009
Operation Judgement was the code name for this World War II action.