The Northwest Territory states were home to thousands of African Americans in the early 1800s
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Daily Quiz for January 9, 2020
The Pentagon first authorized the Vietnam Service Ribbon in this year.
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Daily Quiz for January 8, 2020
In 1944 the SS, with Luftwaffe cooperation, launched “Operation Zeppelin” a plan to kill this Allied leader.
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The War Came Knocking on Spanglers’ Barn Door
Farm at crucial Gettysburg intersection was commandeered as 11th Corps hospital
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The Campaign for a Continental Confederacy
The battle for the Southwestern desert was as crucial as the fighting back east
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D-Day’s Most Valuable Player
Joe Pinder dreamed of pitching for a Major League Baseball team but never made it out of the minors. Then came his greatest performance.
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Surviving Under Sadism: Chief Nurse Laura Mae Cobb Under Japanese Occupation
In March 1942, soon after U.S. forces in the Philippines surrendered to the Japanese, […]
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Daily Quiz for January 7, 2020
In the 1920s and 30s, Doctor John Brinkley, implanted glands from this animal into men to aid their virility.
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Book Review: The Greatest of all Leathernecks
Joseph Arthur Simon relates the U.S. Marines’ transformation into an elite force and John Lejeune’s pre-eminent role in it
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Civil War Medical Museum Soon to Reveal New Logo – Removes Confederate Flag
“The feelings that flag generates have changed over the past 20 years. Therefore, it is appropriate for us to study our brand identity, to confirm it represents our story and encompasses all of our locations.”