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WWII - PT 109 and Christmas in the Pacific Theater

There are many stories of wartime Christmases around the world, but little has been written about Christmas 1942 in the Solomon Islands during WWII. This is a story with a happy ending on several levels.

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US History: COLD WAR INTRIGUE 1950 - 1960

The Cold War began as World War II ended and continued unti the fall of the Berlin Wall in1989 and the collapse of the USSR, around 1990 - 1991. The Cold War involved spies and counterspies, new technology...

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Do we still remember JFK?

Yesterday, November 22, 2009 marked the 46th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s death at age 46.  It has now been the same numbers of years since Lee Harvey Oswald shot Mr. Kennedy dead as number...

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A Profile in Courage: President John F Kennedy - Birthday: May 29, 2009

I always remember this date, as I do the first moon landing, July 20, 1969. But, I've always wondered why JFK's birthday is never remembered? And most of the time its never, even, mentioned. John F. Kennedy...

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