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CALVIN GRAHAM
Calvin Graham wanted to serve his country after Pearl Harbor. The problem was he was only 12. However, the recruiter either did not have a good eye for age or didn’t care, so with the help of forging his Read more…
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OPERATION EICHE
On July 19, 1943 Rome was bombed with significant damage. This was the last straw for Mussolini’s reign. A week later, the Grand Council took a vote of no confidence and the next day Il Duce was summoned to Read more…
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THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE
9/11 is remembered for the terrorist attack, but it is also the day of another atrocity motivated by religion. In 1857, the Mormons were settled in Utah, but not getting along with the U.S. government, which controlled the Utah Read more…
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CHARLES DARWIN’S VOYAGE
On Oct. 2, 1836 the HMS Beagle returned to Great Britain after a five-year voyage around the world. The ten-gun brig’s most famous passenger was a young naturalist named Charles Darwin. Darwin had turned to naturalism after dropping out Read more…
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THE LEOPOLD AND LOEB CASE
On this day in 1924, Leopold and Loeb found guilty of the murder of Robert Franks in the “crime of the century” One “Crime of the Century” occurred on this day in 1924. Nathan Leopold (18-years old) and Richard Read more…
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THE MAN WHO SAVED THE UNION
Joshua Chamberlain taught himself Greek before he went to college. After graduating, he became a professor of rhetoric and oratory at Bowdoin College in Maine. When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted without telling his family, including his wife. Read more…
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THE ORIGIN STORY FOR UNCLE SAM
In 1780, Samuel Wilson was fourteen years old. He ran away from his home in Massachusetts to follow in his father and brothers’ footsteps by joining the Continental Army. He served until the end of the war. In 1790, he Read more…
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RAOUL WALLENBERG
Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat stationed in Budapest, Hungary during WWII. Although Sweden was neutral, Wallenberg was not. He refused to stand by and watch the Holocaust occur in Hungary. It is estimated that he saved as many as Read more…
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VERNON BAKER
The 92nd Infantry Division was an all-black (except for the white officers) that fought on the Western Front in WWI. It was reactivated in October, 1942, but was still segregated. It kept the buffalo insignia and the nickname “Buffalo Read more…
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A COLD WAR TRAGEDY
On Sept. 1, 1983 the passengers and crew of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 were enjoying a peaceful flight across the Pacific Ocean. The flight had begun at New York City and after a stopover at Anchorage, Alaska, was Read more…