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The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected. -- Sun Tzu |
Airco DH-2(155 total words in this text)(3006 Reads)  Performance Data of the Airco DH2 Type fighter Engine 100 hp Gnome Monosoupape Wing Span 28 ft 3 in (8.61 m) Length 25 ft 2 in (7.68 m) Height 9 ft 6 in (2.91 m) Maximum Speed 93 mph (150 kph) Maximum Height 23,500 ft (7,163 m) Endurance 2 hours 45 minutes Armament 2-4 machine-guns, 460 lb (208 kg) bomb load |
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1775:
In Massachusetts, British troops march out of Boston on a mission to confiscate the Patriot arsenal at Concord and to capture Patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, known to be hiding at Lexington. As the British departed, Boston Patriots Paul Revere and William Dawes set out on horseback from the city to warn Adams and Hancock and rouse the Patriot minutemen.
1847: U.S. forces defeat Mexicans at Cerro Gordo in one of the bloodiest battle of the war. 1864: At Poison Springs, Arkansas, Confederate soldiers under the command of General Samuel Maxey capture a Union forage train and slaughter black troops escorting the expedition. 1885: The Sino-Japanese war ends. 1943: Traveling in a bomber, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind of the attack on Pearl Harbor, is shot down by American P-38 fighters. 1983: A suicide bomber kills U.S. Marines at the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon. |
