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The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave... -- Patrick Henry |
Operation Scorpion Sting(76 total words in this text)(2360 Reads)  During a June 16, 2003, neighborhood sweep, soldiers from the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment found approximately nine tons of copper wire in in the Thawra neighborhood of Baghdad, in an area known as ?Looter?s Market.? Coalitino soldiers discovered also found and confiscated three pistols, one rifle and two mortar rounds. The patrol also detained 31 suspected criminals. |
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1813:
U.S. troops under William Henry Harrison take Fort Meigs from British and Canadian troops.
1859: Threatened by the advancing French army, the Austrian army retreats across the River Sesia in Italy. 1864: Union troops secure a crucial pass during the Atlanta campaign. In the spring and summer of 1864, Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph Johnston conducted a slow and methodical campaign to seize control of Atlanta. 1915: German and French forces fight the Battle of Artois. 1936: Fascist Italy captures the city of Addis Abba, Ethiopia and annexes the country. 1941: The German submarine U-110 is captured at sea along with its Enigma machine by the Royal Navy. 1945: Herman Goering is captured by the U.S. Seventh Army. 1951: Three hundred and twelve Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy planes hit Sinuiju Airfield in one of the largest air raids of the war. 1955: Ten years after the Nazis were defeated in World War II, West Germany formally joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). |
