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Audacity, audacity, always audacity. -- General George Patton Jr |
 War Stories: VietnamWar Stories published under this topic are as follows:
I have a good idea why the sergeant from Kentucky raised his rifle to shoot the two women who were walking to market along the Tra Bong road that day.
Note: By Tom Dier 7474 Reads
Believe it or not, it was a very cold night on the outskirts of Phan Rang Air Base that Christmas night in 1967. Most of us had been scurrying earlier, prior to Guardmount, to find a jacket or a extra shirt---actually, anything to keep warm. I mean, 68°F was COLD, and we weren't used to it.
Note: by Carl Tripp, 35th SPS, Phan Rang, Vietnam - 1967. 8394 Reads
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Union and Confederate troops skirmish at Waterloo Bridge, Virginia, during the Second Bull Run Campaign.
1864: Confederate troops secure a vital supply line into Petersburg, Virginia, when they halt destruction of the Weldon and Petersburg Railroad by Union troops. 1914: The German army began six weeks of plundering Leuven, Belgium. 1921: The United States, which never ratified the Versailles Treaty ending World War I, finally signs a peace treaty with Germany. 1925: The last Belgian troops vacated Duisburg. 1937: The Japanese fleet blockaded the Chinese coast. 1941: British and Soviet forces enter Iran, opening up a route to supply the Soviet Union. 1943: The Allies complete the occupation of New Georgia. 1944: After more than four years of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated by the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division. 1951: Navy Banshee and Panther jet fighters escorted U.S. Air Force B-29s on a high-altitude bombing mission against the rail marshaling yards at Rashin located on the extreme northeast Korean border. |
