FBI makes "staggering" discovery while seizing trove of artifacts from home

Via: Kavika  •  News & Politics  •  22 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  7 years ago

When the FBI showed up at Don Miller's home in rural Indiana in 2014 to seize part of his vast personal collection of artifacts, it was a shock for people who knew him. "He was very beloved. He was very charismatic," former local reporter Liz Dykes said. Dykes interviewed the 90-year-old...

Stalingrad: For 59 Days 30 Soviet Soldiers Were Under Siege In Pavlov’s House, They Never Surrendered

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For six months one of the bloodiest battle is history took place in Russia. Stalingrad, the name alone conjures up sacrifice, courage and the never quit of the Russian army. Millions died in this battle, more Russian soldiers were killed at Stalingrad than the U.S. lost in the entire war....

MILITARY Coast Guard officer wanted to kill Democrats, TV hosts, say prosecutors

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Christopher Paul Hasson was arrested Feb. 15 on drug and gun charges. Prosecutors say he wanted "to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen." The stockpile of guns found by investigators owned by Christopher Hasson.U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland...

February 16 in Alaska honors Tlingit activist on "Elizabeth Peratrovich Day'' A Fighter in Velvet Gloves

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“Fighter in Velvet Gloves”

Anchorage School District, “Elizabeth Peratrovich Day provides an opportunity to remind the public of the invaluable contribution of this Native Alaskan leader.” Nearly 20 years before the 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed, and ten years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city...

A real tube carrying dreams of 600-mph transit

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Full screen 1/7 SLIDES © Joe Buglewicz for The New York Times The tube used for unmanned testing by Virgin Hyperloop One north of Las Vegas. The system aims to move people and cargo through tubes in wheel-less pods. MOAPA, Nev. —...

Night Witches: The Female Fighter Pilots of World War II

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Members of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment decorated their planes with flowers ... and dropped 23,000 tons of bombs. MEGAN GARBER JUL 15, 2013 TASS / GETTYIt was the spring of 1943, at the height of World War II. Two pilots, members of the Soviet Air Force, were flying their...

Remembering the Alamo Scouts - Secret Warriors of World War II

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By now, most of the world knows what the U.S. Navy SEAL unit can do. The recent covert operation that went down in Abbottabad, Pakistan—Team 6 swooping down on a compound in four stealth helicopters in the predawn darkness and killing or capturing more than 20 people, Osama bin Laden among...

The Tin Can Sailors Of Taffy 3 - The Battle Of Samar - The Epic Naval Battle Of WWII

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This is a repost of an article from 4 years ago.  Naval experts call it the greatest mismatch in U.S. Naval history. The small fleet of Taffy 3 made up of destroyers, destroyer escorts and baby flat tops, did the impossible, they stopped one of the greatest Japanese Armada's in history. Four...

Wreckage Of WWII Aircraft Carrier Found In The South Pacific Ocean

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A researcher examines the underwater hull of the USS Hornet CV-8, which played a role in several key events of World War II. Photo courtesy of Paul G. Allen's Vulcan Inc More than 75 years after the aircraft carrier USS Hornet sank in a World War II battle, researchers...

Native Congresswoman introduces legislation to protect America’s treasured national monuments

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U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), led a group of more than 100 Democratic Members of Congress in re-introducing legislation to protect America’s treasured national...