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Son of a Jew was conscripted by Nazis. The rest of his life has been making good on a promise
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December 20th, 1944 Ardenne Forest - The Epic Battle of the Bulge.
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Today there are few on NT that remember this date, or the pivotal battle that took place. The ''Battle of the Bulge'' was fought in bitter cold that lasted from December 16th to January 25th,...
Remembering the Alamo Scouts: The Silent Warriors of World War II
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During the many wars that the U.S. has been involved in there have been units that were little known, but had a powerful influence. This is one such unit whose mission were keep secret until the...
Cave In Rock, IL -- Pictures and Travelogue
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The very first place my son Matthew and I went on vacation was Cave in Rock, iL... We drove over, following the Trail of Tears to the place where the Cherokee crossed the Ohio River, on their...
Forget Sykes-Picot. It’s the Treaty of Sèvres That Explains the Modern Middle East.
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Ninety-five years ago today, European diplomats gathered at a porcelain factory in the Paris suburb of Sèvres and signed a treaty to remake the Middle East from the ashes of the...
The house where the Philippines' forgotten 'comfort women' were held
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By Jane McMullen BBC Our World, Mapanique, The Philippines Hundreds of thousands of women and girls across Asia were raped and forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during...
A Visit to the Old and New Hells of Europe Provides a Reminder of Israel’s Importance
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A Visit to the Old and New Hells of Europe Provides a Reminder of Israel’s Importance By Alan M. Dershowitz, The Gatestone Institute, May 17, 2016 I just returned from a week-long...
New Mexico Legends Acoma Pueblo - Ancient Sky City
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NEW MEXICO LEGENDS Acoma Pueblo - Ancient Sky City Strategically built atop a 357-foot sandstone mesa for defensive purposes, the Acoma Pueblo is more familiarly known as Sky City. Believed...
The Battle of Hill 937 - Hamburger Hill Viet Nam. 47th Anniversary
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Soon it will be the 47th anniversary (May 10-20) of a battle of the Viet Nam war that showed America the futility of the war. American public opinion had turned against the war. When the story of...
Remembering the Alamo Scouts: History of a Little Known Unit of WWII in The Pacific
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Remembering the Alamo Scouts: Many American Indians Fought in World War II Michelle Tirado 5/27/11 By now, most of the world knows what the U.S. Navy SEAL unit can do....
First Nation hopes to lure tourists to British Columbia ghost town where Donald Trump’s grandpa ran a brothel
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First Nation hopes to lure tourists to British Columbia ghost town where Donald Trump’s grandpa ran a brothel By Glen Schaefer and John Coleburn, Postmedia News (reported by National Post),...
Were the Spartans at the battle of Thermopyle the greatest soldiers in the history of mankind?
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I am watching (for perhaps the 10th time) the movie 300. It is fairly accurate in the two days of battle stands that King Leonidas fought against the land forces of Xerxes, while his General...
'Rosie the Riveters' honored with visit to Washington
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By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER From Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven decades after their "we can do it" attitude proved invaluable to the Allied victory in World War II, about 30 "Rosie the...
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