Firsthand accounts from the crew of a destroyer that survived the surprise Japanese attack.
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The Story of Two Japanese Americans Who Fought in World War II
During World War II many Japanese-Americans, called Nisei, served their nation with honor and distinction both in Europe and in the Pacific. This is the story of two of these soldiers and their fights in Italy, Leyte, Okinawa and elsewhere.
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Daily Quiz for July 17, 2007
As commander of the Army of the West during the Mexican War, he captured Santa Fe in August 1846 without a shot being fired:
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Daily Quiz for July 16, 2007
On the American Revolution, he wrote: "The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country."
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Daily Quiz for July 15, 2007
The area that is now this country was ceded to the Dutch in exchange for New York after the second Anglo-Dutch War:
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Daily Quiz for July 14, 2007
Carmelite nun Teresa Benedicta of the Cross was executed in 1942 for this.
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Daily Quiz for July 13, 2007
This U.S. president was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton in January 2001:
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Daily Quiz for July 12, 2007
On April 30, 1970, U.S. President Richard Nixon announced to a national TV audience American troop movements into this country:
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Daily Quiz for July 11, 2007
He united Algeria and Tunisia as military states under the Ottoman caliphate:
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Daily Quiz for July 10, 2007
In 1776, when he was a delegate to the Continental Congress, this man rode 80 miles on horseback so that he would be on time to cast his vote for independence.