This was the first multilateral treaty that addressed the conduct and rules of land warfare.
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Daily Quiz for September 29, 2019
This man was Lincoln’s opponent in the 1864 Presidential election.
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Last Sabrejet Ace of the Korean War
Hank Buttelmann was the U.S. Air Force’s youngest and last ace of the Korean War.
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Daily Quiz for September 28, 2019
The son of this president died in France in July 1944.
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These Phantoms Flew ‘Unarmed and Unafraid’ Over Vietnam
The RF-4C photo Phantom collected valuable intelligence over Vietnam’s battlefields and beyond, flying “alone, unarmed and unafraid”
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Daily Quiz for September 27, 2019
In 1936 this man conducted the inaugural set of concerts of the orchestra that would later become the Israel Philharmonic.
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Crockett and the Creek War: ‘We Now Shot Them Like Dogs’
Long before he fought at the Alamo, Davy Crockett served as a Tennessee Volunteer in the 1813–14 war against Red Stick Creek Indians
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Book Review: Rosebud June 17, 1876
Paul Hedren delves into the 1876 Battle of the Rosebud, long overshadowed by that “other” Montana Territory battle
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Book Review: Sharps Firearms
Authors Marcot, Paxton, Marron and contributors roll out the second of their three-volume history of Sharps
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Bret Harte’s Voice for the Wiyots
As a young man in California, future literary great Bret Harte received death threats for his truth-telling about an Indian massacre