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www.historyisnowmagazine.com
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| | | | | [AI summary] The article recounts the one-sided Revolutionary War battle at Fort Mercer in 1777, where Patriot defenses ambushed a Hessian assault force while simultaneously countering a British naval advance. | |
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laststandonzombieisland.com
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| | | | | Some 80 years ago this month, members of the intelligence and reconnaissance (I&R) platoon, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, logged the first documented combat use of ski troops by the American military as they sent patrols over the snow-covered Campiano-Mancinella Ridge, also known as Riva Ridge, to scout the German positions there overlooking... | |
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glitternight.com
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| | | | | Happy Veterans Day, formerly called Armistice Day since it marked the end of World War One on "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918. Here are six books on that often-neglected conflict. (I will omit Barbara Tuchman's Guns of August because of how well-known it already is.) THE HAT... | |
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www.jalopnik.com
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| | | The Blue Angels' F/A-18A/B/CD Hornets are some of the oldest and used-up fighters in the Navy and Marine Corps inventory. Recently, the Angels have had control surfaces break off in mid-flight, and their serviceability is not improving. As a result, the Navy has asked Boeing to come up with plans to convert Super Hornets into a configuration that actually makes sense for a group of flying acrobats. | ||