The United States acquired the Virgin Islands in 1917 from this nation.
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Daily Quiz for October 12, 2009
This photographer used his camera to crusade against child labor.
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Judge Not: Colonel Andrew’s ‘Mistake’ at Maleme
The decision to abandon Hill 107 overlooking the airfield at Maleme is usually portrayed as one of the war’s great “mistakes.” Let’s take a closer look at it.
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Daily Quiz for October 11, 2009
The Soviet spy Richard Sorge used this profession to mask his espionage activities.
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Daily Quiz for October 10, 2009
The U.S. Marine Corps was founded in this city.
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Daily Quiz for October 8, 2009
Abraham Lincoln is the only U.S. president to date to obtain a patent. He designed a device to improve these.
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Daily Quiz for October 7, 2009
In Windsor Castle, Queen Elizabeth II occupies the largest castle in Britain. This is the second largest residential castle in the United Kingdom.
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Pararescue Jumpers’ Daring Rescue of Downed Fighter Pilot Deep Inside North Vietnam
Intrepid Air Force Pararescue Jumpers, flying from a secret CIA landing strip in Laos, evade North Vietnamese MiG-17s 75 miles north of Hanoi during one of the Vietnam War’s most harrowing helicopter missions to rescue a downed American F-105 pilot
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How American Operatives Saved the Man Who Started the Vietnam War
Ho Chi Minh’s Viet Minh guerrilla fighters, led by future NVA General Vo Nguyen Giap, were allies of the Americans and given training by the OSS, the forerunner of the CIA, in an effort to defeat the Japanese during the waning days of World War II