This World War II leader is quoted as saying, “Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.”
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Daily Quiz for May 27, 2018
First woman publisher of a daily newspaper in the Deep South, Eliza Holbrook Nicholson published this newspaper.
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Daily Quiz for May 26, 2018
Established in 1714, this city is the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase.
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Marine Generals Discuss Lessons Learned at Hue, 1968
The Battle of Hue has come to be regarded as one of the most […]
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Murder in Vietnam
What was it about the war that prompted a horrific rise in ‘fraggings’—the murders of officers and NCOs by their own men?
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Daily Quiz for May 25, 2018
Charles Duke, John Young, Edgar Mitchell, and Pete Conrad have this historic achievement in common.
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WWII Veteran Recalls the Sobering Cost of the Battle of Tarawa
Seventy-six years ago, U.S. Marines launched a daring and most dangerous amphibious assault against Tarawa in the Central Pacific. The bitter battle lasted just 76 hours, but the price in lives and the number of wounded was astounding and sobering. I know. I fought there.
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Military History Review: Intrepid
Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Pier 86, W. 46th Street and 12th Avenue, […]
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Film Review: Warriors… in Their Own Words
Warriors…in Their Own Words by the LOOC Foundation [www.looc.org], narrated by Kelsey Grammer, 84 […]
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Military History Book Review: American Admiralship
American Admiralship: The Art of Naval Command by Edgar F. Puryear Jr., Zenith Press, […]