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Maneuvering with an army is advantageous; with an undisciplined multitude, most dangerous. -- Sun Tzu |
Band of BrothersThe book, "Band of Brothers", by Stephen Ambrose is a short history of the men of Easy Company, 506 Regiment, 101st Airbrone Division during World War II. From the formation of Easy Company in Georgia to end of the war in Europe, Stephen Ambrose has captured the elements and qualities of a company of Ameircan boys brought together as a result of Hitler and Pearl Harbor. How and why bonds of friendship were formed that lasted a lifetime is explained. The hardship and tough training that made Easy Company the finest of the 101st. A factual account of the campagins from D-Day to V-E Day are presented in a very readable format. An excellent account of the young men of democracy being victorious over totalarianism. Added: Friday, January 04, 2002 Reviewer: Hayward Harrington Score:  Related web link: http://www.HBO.com hits: 5638 Language: eng |
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1865:
Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.
1865: John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. 1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman. 1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes. 1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed. 1971: The U.S. command in Saigon announces that the U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |
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