How do you feel military benefits compare with those offered by civilian employers?

	Military benefits are better
	Military benefits are not as good
	I do not know
	I have no opinion
	Other, please list in comments

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1862: Northwestern Arkansas and Southwestern Missouri is secured for the Union when a force commanded by General James G. Blunt holds off a force of Confederates under General Thomas Hindman.

1917: U.S. declared war on Austria-Hungary with only one dissenting vote in Congress and became the 13th country to do so.

1917: Four U.S. battleships arrive at Scapa Flow taking on the role of the British Grand Fleet's Sixth Battle Squadron. Include USS Delaware (BB-28), USS Florida (BB-30), New York (BB-34), and USS Wyoming (BB-32).

1941: At 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, in a sneak attack, Japanese warplanes bomb the U.S. naval base at Oahu Island's Pearl Harbor and the United States enters World War II.

1941: Japanese forces bomb Guam and Wake and Midway is bombarded by Japanese destroyers.

1941: The Canadian government declares war on Japan.

1942: American PT Boats force a Japanese supply convoy to turn back before landing their supplies on Guadalcanal. The convoy is escorted by 7 destroyers led by Captain Sato.

1943: The US 5th Army secures the Mignano gap and expands its offensive. The US 2nd and 6th Corps attack Monte Sammucro and San Pietro. There is determined German resistance.

1944: On Leyte, the US 77th Division lands about one mile south of Ormoc. There is some Japanese resistance. One of the 12 escorting destroyers is sunk by a Kamikaze attack. Meanwhile, the US 7th Division continues attacking northward toward Ormoc.

1944: The US 3rd Army penetrates the Siegfried Line northwest of Saarlautern.