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...a already among best : Like Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D.Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F.Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan - the most memorable of the 18 presidents who served in the la...
Why was Hitler under the impression that Canada was Anti Churchill? I guess that in Hitler's twisted mind it all made sense. From here "Churchill is the very type of a corrupt journalist. Ther
I realise this is a big ask but has any body come across the name SEARGENT DAVID WILLIAM JOHN MOORE OF THE PARATROOP REGIMENT HE DIED IN ITALY AT 23 and thas all i know any help greatly apreciated Al
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...n the nation. If people had been more flexible it could have been avoided. I blame mostly fanatics like John Brown and the Abolitionist Crazies who would not compromise a bit. Bob Kolker...
brown was a terrorist , a charismatic one and media savy too . he wasn't the only one or even the most brutal and if it wasn't for his raid on harrpers ferry he would only be footnote in the bleeding
I recently watched the part about Andrew Johnson from the PBS series about the Presidents. They say they he was a white supremacist and fervent supporter of slavery. He was, on the other hand, the onl
... Experience' series. Also, later this month (1/28 in Chicago?)American Experience will have a show on John Brown. Maybe we'll all learn some more. n canfield...
..., where the wind remained though the day. At 10:30 on the thirtieth, the Monitor's captain, Commander John P. Bankhead, U.S.N., signaled the Rhode Island that his ship was sinking. The Rhode Island ...
Thanks to Gary Leopold and John Rainbird Gentry for the facts, figures, and references. When Sen. Shumer made his remark, the estimated death toll for 9/11 was over 6000 so he was apparently correct a
...e in other countries? I am also interested to come in contact with germans who was POW after the war. John Lawson...
For the RAF, various senior fighter pilots later published figures from 100 (Alan Deere, 1940) to 225 (Johnny Johnson, 1944). Len Deighton's Fighter: the true story of the Battle of Britain (1979) als
I am a fan of JohnSingleton Mosby & his Rangers (despite being a rabid yankee & a proud member of the Fighting 69th N. Y.) I recently bought 2 tapes of 'The Gray Ghost' 50s vintage series. It is the c
Has anyone read the book by Margaret L. Coit, John C. Calhoun American Portrait, and can give a comparison to other Calhoun biographies? Unsure if I should opt for it or one of the earlier books. Than
...nd distinguished authorities on the US Constitution; James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, and John Marshall, one of the most celebrated Chief Justices in the history of the United States Sup...
My uncle, John Schwob, was captain and company commander of the 817th Ordinance Depot Company. He is extremely proud of his service and showed me a lot of his pictures the other night. I am looking fo
...ally having read more complete biographies of men like MacArthur and Patton. thanks to all Regards, John Dupre'...
...nd the constant quarrels between them. Richard Ewell gets the Second Corps division that went to Edward Johnson in OTL. Second, the campaign leading up to Gettysburg goes much the same. Of course ...
...labor during WW II. i am especially interested in the strikes called by or threatened by people such as John L. Lewis. I am also interested in the reaction by the serving military as well as the react...
I have heard for years that the Civi War was caused by that S.C. firebarnd John C.Calhoun' Rep., Sen.,Vice Pres. of the USA etc. He ied n 1850 & was quite an enigma He was a dyed-in-the-wool states ri
...to know before spending the money is if they exist will these records show what ships he traveled on? John Dupre'...
... reasons why world war I caused world war II but no Why Not's. any help would be appreciated. Thanks, John...
...at defeat was imminent long before General Lee surrendered at Appomattox. Confederate secretary of war, John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky, tried to convince President Jefferson Davis to end the war and...
...nearly the whole of the war. In fact Washington was in such fear of a little guy called The Gray Ghost (John Singleton Mosby) & his band of rangers that for a long time they took up the wooded ties of...
...hat Fort Donelson was commanded by a politician with negligible military ability - ex-Virginia Governor John Floyd. His 'experienced' second in command, a Mexican war veteran, was Gideon Pillow, who...
...e sent a telegram to Churchill saying, 'Negotiations off. Services expect action within two weeks.' See John Costello, DAYS OF INFAMY So in late November, FDR had estimated the war to start between ...
...reat as is taught in American school systems. Please comment and/or add some accuracy to the above. John...
...ound the edge of the card were the various personal problems to be solved, e.g. no mail from home, dear john letter, which the soldier could take to the chaplain and have punched when the services wer...
This is in response to an item dated 29.3.97 but since deleted from Larry Jewell criticising John Ray Skates' Invasion of Japan. What we are discussing here are two things. 1) the figures which th
... was in an inexorable downhill spiral. Gen U. S. Grant was chasing Lee across Virginia. In the west Gen John B. Hood's Army of theTennessee was being ground into dust in battles at Nashville, Frankfor...
...d him a disservice. He was a far more robust a person than the image that I had constructed. Regards, John Phillips...
...ny Coast Guard presence in Hawaii in December, 1941? If there was any, what happened to it on Dec. 7? John Healy Doctoral candidate Drew University...
... War Between The States in 1963 (yep, I'm an old dude!). My current activities include portraying Major John Fairfax as a member of the Longstreet's Staff Living History Organization, participating in...
...he USAAF. The book that I have that refers to POINT BLANK is 'POINT BLANK AND BEYOND' by Lionel Lacey-Johnson whose brother was killed during the raid on the German Armour at Mailly le Camp. The b...
Dialog From a Tonight Show ... Johnny Carson ... His guest was Lee Marvin: Johnny said, 'Lee, I'll bet a lot of people are unaware that you were a Marine in the initial landing at Iwo Jima ... and tha
...thought I'd try to bring a smile to your faces. 'This is what they pay you 14 dollars a month for.' Lt. John Pershing, 10th Cav...
...n us another year of war.' US Grant - as quoted in Around the World with Grant Volume 2, page 627, by John R. Young, 1879. A very beautiful book with many engravings. Winik is the weakest link!! G...
...(UK) has been re-vamped and moved to a new URL: http://www.americancivilwar.co.uk The new web master is John Laskey Best wishes from London, Tony Brown...
...fles are found stamped 'OHIO' on the stock. http://home.att.net/~confederate/eagle.jpg Thank you, John Gross...
...he Peterburg defenses with around 63,000 men, very close to the number he had at the initial battles. John Lansford The unofficial I-26 Construction Webpage:...
...enal and fort Sumter. In the specific case of Fort Sumter, in 1827, the Secretary of War, a man named John C. Calhoun (!) had approved the construction of a new fort in the harbor. The first appropr...
...ted crypto machine is stealing, You are probably a Patent attorney defending reverse engineering. ; ) john...
... Osprey Military *** See Forty George 'German Tanks of World War Two' Blanford Press 1988. Regards, John Waters...
...m guns. Did they kill German medium and heavy tanks or simply kill their ancillary services? Regards, John Phillips...
Horses and Mules Excerpts from _Hard Tack and Coffee_ by John D Billings, 1887 Edited by Greg Utrecht, 2001 The Army Mule - from Chapter 15 Two teamsters have paused in the shade of the pool, Re
...nd force ready to resist the Japanese landing. A few days earlier I had taken the Austalian general Sir John Laverack on a reconnaissance of the Palembang approaches and he had been, even to me, a jun...
John Wayne was a pre-Pearl Harbor papa (4 children) I believe. He had also signed a contract with a studio and they said they would sue him if he broke it to enter the service. This was the reason a
...y again..' Ulysess S. Grant '...We do not like negroes. We do not disguise our dislike.' Ohio Senator John Sherman (brother of General sherman) ' No negro or mulatto shall immigrate or settle in t...
I am currently undertaking some research on the letters written by a John G. Jones, who was from Beaver Dam, Wisconsin and died as a soldier in the civil war. We also have other letters written by Wel
...first in a series of questions on the Ardennes Battle that I plan to post. Participation is invited!! John O'Neill...
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