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• The Africans who fought in WWII

  
  War and Game — Authority: 132
  Jagama Kello, middle, left home at just 15 to fight Italian invadersBy Martin PlautBBC Africa analystThe 70th anniversary of World War II is being commemorated around the world, but the contribution of one group of soldiers is almost universally ignored. How many now recall the role of more than one million African ...
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• Honoring WWII’s Marine Code Talkers for Veterans Day

  
  Flopping Aces — Authority: 646
  Veterans Day becomes somewhat of a quandary if one seeks to highlight only one particular group amongst the magnitude of those deserving of focus. For indeed, while some may appear to shine more brightly, their luster and magnificent illumination is merely a reflection of a cast of more than a million military ...
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• 3 Obama Advisers Favor More Troops for Afghanistan

  
  Nevada Thunder — Authority: 121
  side note: I think the decision has already been made. I’m from the camp that believes that our politicians make their decisions, then leak it to the press, to prepare the public for the announcement of that leaked info. I’m really disappointed in President Obama….not one country, ever, in the history of ...
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• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Lake Superior State University

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 548
  Since today is Veterans Day, I thought Id take a look at "old" New Fort Brady. Click on any image to make it larger. Michigans smallest public college, at 3,300 students, is Sault Ste. Maries Lake Superior State University. Although it does have a NCAA Division I sports program, mens hockey. Originally a branch ...
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• Veteran’s Day 2009

  
  This Side of the Pond — Authority: 121
  Today is Veteran’s Day , and so I give you my favorite piece from today’s papers: “…Oil from the engine covered the windscreen of his Hurricane so he climbed away, slowed the aircraft down to almost stalling speed, loosened his harness, stood on his seat and leant out of the cockpit in an attempt to ...
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• Libyan Bits and Pieces

  
  New at LacusCurtius & Livius — Authority: 417
  Mausoleum F from Ghirza; museum of Bani Walid Over the years, my friend Marco and I made some 40,000 photos, which we have arranged geographically: there’s a directory for country X, which is subdivided into directories for towns A, B, and C. The names of the photos are usually sufficient to find back what we were ...
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• Remembering our Veterans

  
  The Capitol Tribune — Authority: 112
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• A Day to Honor Veterans

  
  THE TENSION — Authority: 445
  L iving History: WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2009 -- World War I, known at the time as “The Great War,” officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or ...
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• Viet Nam Veterans - Whats in it for You?

  
  Blogging Authors — Authority: 124
  Guest post by Victor Volkman Earlier this year, I was interviewed   by Tyler R. Tichelaar about my newest anthology, a collection of stories from Viet Nam veterans entitled More Than a Memory: Reflections of Viet Nam .   He asked me a question at that time that kind of stopped me cold: “Victor, what about ...
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• Remembrance Day And The Importance Of Australia’s General Sir John Monash

  
  PA Pundits - International — Authority: 560
  Lieutenant General Sir John Monash. Commons Image in the Public Domain. On the 5th October 1918, the German High Command asked for an immediate Armistice and an end to hostilities. The date and time for the ceasefire to commence was at 11AM on November 11th 1918, effectively the finish of The Great War, which we now ...
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• Warfare in Africa WWI

  
  War and Game — Authority: 132
  For the Great War in Africa, although the product of European devices and desires, was fought principally by the Africans themselves. In all, somewhere over 2 million Africans served in the First World War as soldiers or labourers, and upwards of 200,000 of them died or were killed in action. By comparison with Europe ...
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• Happy Birthday Marines

  
  Flopping Aces — Authority: 646
  Happy 234th birthday to my Marine Corps!
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• Happy Birthday, USMC!

  
  Chaotic Synaptic Activity — Authority: 416
  I attended a cake cutting ceremony Saturday morning, with the local heroes. Over of the establishment funded the early in the day meal as his thank you to some old war horses, and some of the rest of us who wore a uniform who sit around and tell sea and war stories, and we all take them in stride. None the less, thre ...
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• History Channel to Feature Saranac WWII Veteran

  
  New York History — Authority: 133
  A History Channel documentary will feature an Adirondack veteran of World War Two: Archie Sweeney of Saranac Lake. The 10-hour series WWII in HD, which will air over over five consecutive nights from Sunday through Thursday, November 15-19 will be narrated by Gary Sinise.Archie Sweeney was a resident of Saranac Lake ...
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• Happy Birthday to the United States Marine Corps

  
  The Real Revo — Authority: 488
  
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• Coach Bob Knight comments on George Patton and more

  
  Armchair General Magazine - We Put YOU in Command! War College — Authority: 463
  Armchair General interviews legendary college basketball coach Bod Knight on his time at West Point, his favorite generals and military history.
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• ACG Advisory Board Members Choose Favorite War Photos

  
  Armchair General Magazine - We Put YOU in Command! War College — Authority: 463
  Armchair General Advisory Board Members select their nominees for best war photograph of all time.
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• The Chickens of War

  
  Great War Fiction — Authority: 118
  An interesting story from War Illustrated of June 24, 1916 , attested as true by a soldier stationed on a farm in France: The men there often heard a sound as of a falling shell, not followed by the burst, and they concluded that the shell must be a ‘dud’. But one day, sitting in the farmyard, one soldier ...
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• Appreciating Veterans at a Bed and Breakfast

  
  Bed & Breakfast Blog. B&B Industry News, Special Events, Packages and Inn Listings for Innkeepers and B&B Travelers. — Authority: 106
  Honor Code - Did you know that a shoe store owner helped turn Veteran’s Day into what it is today?   In the early 1950’s, Al King started a campaign to change Armistice Day, (a day of remembrance to honor those who served in World War I) into a holiday for all war veterans.   Eventually, Congress signed a ...
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