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08/31/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/30/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/29/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/28/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/27/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/26/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/25/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/24/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/23/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/22/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/21/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/20/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/19/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/18/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/17/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/16/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/15/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/14/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/13/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/12/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/11/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/10/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/09/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/08/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/07/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/06/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/05/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/04/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/03/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/02/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/01/2002: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/31/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/30/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/29/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/28/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/27/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/26/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/24/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/23/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/22/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/21/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/20/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/19/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/18/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/17/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/16/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/15/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/14/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/13/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/12/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/11/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/10/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/09/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/08/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/07/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/06/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/04/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/03/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/02/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/01/2001: Lt. Cmdr. Nida Glick, USCGR--Some 10,000 women joined the Coast Guard's SPARs in World War II. Most left the service when wartime needs no longer existed, but high school teacher Nida Glick stayed on, becoming a backbone of the postwar Coast Guard Reserve. More... |
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08/31/2000: Gen. George B. McClellan--There was no question of George B. McClellan's brilliance as organizer of the Union Army. But his performance in the Peninsular Campaign and at Antietam prompted Lincoln to send him home in disgrace. McClellan retaliated: on Aug. 31, 1864, he became Lincoln's opponent in the presidential race. More... |
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08/30/2000: Col. Guion S. Bluford Jr.--This Philadelphia native always had his eyes on the skies and a career in aerospace engineering. After flying combat missions for the Air Force over Vietnam, he soared on to get his Ph.D. and to become the first black American in space. More... |
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08/29/2000: Lt. Gen. James Longstreet--On Aug. 30, 1862, the 'Old War Horse' delivered a crushing attack on Union forces that sealed the Confederate victory at the Second Battle of Manassas. But many of those who praised Longstreet that day later reviled him for his postwar politics. More... |
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08/28/2000: Lt. Gen. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller--From the halls of VMI to the shores of the Yalu, Lewis Berwell Puller remained a "Marine's Marine" who never forgot his noncom days and always insisted that his enlisted men eat first. The indomitable "Chesty" spent all but 10 of his 37 active-duty years at sea or overseas, earning five Navy crosses. More... |
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| 08/27/2000: Brig. Gen. R. Steve Ritchie--On Aug. 28, 1972, Ritchie downed his fifth MiG to become the Air Force's only pilot ace of the Vietnam War -- and the only American pilot in history to shoot down five of the legendary Russian-made fighter planes. More... | |
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| 08/26/2000: Capt. John Morrison Birch--Capt. John Morrison Birch, who spent World War II working behind enemy lines in China on behalf of the Office of Strategic Services, is considered by many to be the first casualty of the Cold War. More... | |
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| 08/25/2000: Lt. Col. Lucien E. Conein--From French Resistance parachute drops to Vietnam assassination plots, Lt. Col. Lucien E. Conein led a life of pulp adventure. After World War II, he joined the CIA and eventually ran secret operations for the Drug Enforcement Agency. More... | |
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08/24/2000: John Armstrong--Despite Secretary of War John Armstrong's assurances to the contrary, British forces were able to invade Washington and burn the Capitol and the White House during the War of 1812. More... |
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| 08/23/2000: Oliver Hazard Perry--In July 1813, Oliver Hazard Perry become the first American naval commander to defeat an entire British squadron and successfully bring every ship back to base. He was a hero at 28 when comrades coined the term, "Perry's Luck." More... | |
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08/22/2000: Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf--Son of a general and himself a West Point graduate, Gen. H. Norman Scwharzkopf found his values inevitably shaped by the U.S. Military Academy. Through a career that included two tours in Vietnam and the command of Operation Desert Storm, he would find those values tested, but ultimately strengthened. More... |
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08/21/2000: Gen. Robert B. Mitchell--Grievously wounded at Wilson's Creek in 1861, this respeced leader of a Kansas volunteer regiment survived to achieve a "notable" wartime record and an important postwar appointment. More... |
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08/20/2000: Adm. Russell R. Waesche--He joined the Coast Guard before it was the Coast Guard. During World War II, as commandant of the service, Adm. Russell R. Waesche turned a small peacetime fleet into an able amphibious force that contributed to the defense of the U.S. More... |
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08/19/2000: Capt. Meriwether Lewis--Many people recognize the significance of the names "Lewis and Clark," but fewer know that Army Capt. Meriwether Lewis's westward expedition was wholly a military endeavor. As official commander of the Corps of Discovery, Lewis charted new territory and carved out a nation's destiny. More... |
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| 08/18/2000: Commodore Isaac Hull--Commodore Isaac Hull served as captain of the frigate Constitution during a brief encounter with the British that provoked the U.S. crew to famously shout, "Huzzah! Her sides are made of iron!"-- and the nickname "Old Ironsides" was born. More... | |
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| 08/17/2000: Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr.--On Aug. 17, 1943, Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. and his Seventh Army beat British Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery and his Eighth Army to Messina, Italy, where the two armies joined forces in the Allied conquest of Sicily. More... | |
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08/16/2000: Gen. William Hull--This hero of the American Revolution seemed a natural choice to lead the Army of the Northwest in the War of 1812. But Gen. William Hull's invasion of Canada brought only disaster and personal disgrace. More... |
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08/15/2000: Gen. Nathan Farragut Twining--Before Gen. Nathan Farragut Twining became the first member of the Air Force to head the Joint Chiefs, he was appointed commander of the 20th Air Force just days before that group dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. More... |
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08/14/2000: Col. Glover S. Johns Jr.--In 1961, as the wall that would divide the city of Berlin into East and West for almost 30 years rose, the flamboyant Johns led 1,500 U.S. soldiers into the city's western sector. More... |
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08/13/2000: 'King Philip'--Fifty years after his people befriended the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag ruler Metacom, also called Philip, led allied tribes against the English colonists in King Philip's War. The conflict proved disastrous for both sides. More... |
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08/12/2000: Dr. Samuel Billison--During World War II, this young Navajo Marine was part of a top-secret weapon key to the U.S. war effort: the Navajo code talkers, who created what may be the only unbroken code in military history. More... |
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08/11/2000: Sgt. Gordon R. Roberts--On more than one day during the Vietnam War, Army Sgt. Gordon R. Roberts proved he lived by the motto of the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry: "We Stand Together." More... |
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08/10/2000: Capt. Lance Peter Sijan--On Nov. 9, 1967, then-Lt. Lance Peter Sijan ejected from his stricken F-4 over Laos and managed to avoid capture for 45 days. He died in captivity and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. More... |
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08/09/2000: Elijah Churchill--The decoration that would become known as the Purple Heart was awarded less than a year after Gen. George Washington designed it in 1792. Established as the Badge of Military Merit, it went first to 26-year-old Sgt. Elijah Churchill, a member of the 4th Troop, Second Continental Dragoons. More... |
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08/08/2000: Admiral Alene B. Duerk--Shortly after the Navy was ordered to eliminate any roadblocks to the promotion of women in 1972, Alene B. Duerk became the first woman ever to be promoted to the rank of admiral. More... |
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08/07/2000: Secretary of War Henry Knox--On August 7, 1789, the newborn U.S. Congress created the Department of War, appointing as its first Secretary of War the Revolutionary War artillery commander Gen. Henry Knox. More... |
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| 08/06/2000: Army Air Forces Gen. Paul W. Tibbets--Army Air Forces Gen. Paul W. Tibbets is best known as the pilot of the "Enola Gay," the stripped and reconfigured B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" over Hiroshima, Japan. More... | |
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| 08/05/2000: Army Air Forces Col. Leon William Johnson--In August 1943, Army Air Forces Col. Leon William Johnson and his "Flying Eightballs" attempted to knock out heavily defended refineries in Romania. Of the six planes in his formation, only Johnson's returned to its Libyan base. More... | |
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08/04/2000: Col. William R. 'Rich' Higgins--On Feb. 17, 1988, Lt. Col. William R. "Rich" Higgins was driving on a coastal highway between Tyre and Naquora in southern Lebanon when he was pulled from his jeep by Iranian-backed terrorists. His remains were dumped on a dusty street in Beirut on Dec. 23, 1991 -- the day he and his wife would have celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary. More... |
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| 08/03/2000: Capt. Mildred McAfee Horton--Capt. Mildred H. McAfee took a leave of absence from her job as president of Wellesley College to join the Navy during World War II. The first director of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), she was appointed the first female line officer in the Navy on Aug. 3, 1942. More... | |
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08/02/2000: Lt. j.g. Everett Alvarez Jr.--On Aug. 5, 1964, Lt. j.g. Everett Alvarez Jr. became the first pilot shot down during the Vietnam conflict and perhaps the longest-held American prisoner in any war. Last night, he led the Pledge of Allegiance at the Republican National Convention. More... |
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08/01/2000: Maj. Gen. Jeanne Holm--Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Jeanne Holm has spent her life and military career breaking through the barriers. She joined the military in July 1942 and didn't retire until three decades later, after becoming the first woman to reach the rank of two-star. More... |
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