In WWII, the Vietnamese resistance dug tunnels to hide from the Japanese. After the war, the Viet Minh continued the tradition and passed it on to the Viet Cong. By the time the American army arrived, there were 250 kilometers Read more
There had been earthquakes over the years, but it had been a long time since an eruption. The citizens did not know it was a volcano. The word “volcano” was not coined until the 17th The word was in honor Read more
“Schindler’s List” is considered to be the best Holocaust movie. Steven Spielberg based it on Thomas Kenneally’s novel “Schindler’s Ark”. The book is historical fiction, but features several real persons including Oskar Schindler and Amon Goth. Ralph Fiennes gained Read more
Stephen Decatur was the brightest star in the U.S. Navy when he died. Decatur’s father had been a commodore in the Continental Navy during the American Revolution. Stephen was raised to be a sailor. He became an ensign at Read more
Edith Cavell was born in 1865. She was the daughter of a rector. She worked as a governess in Belgium and then returned to England to train as a nurse. She worked in hospitals in London and then became Read more
Jane Fonda was probably the most famous (or infamous, if you will) Vietnam War protester. In 1970, she and Donald Sutherland and others toured West Coast military bases with a show entitled “Free the Army” (which was take-off on the Read more
After the Battle of Saratoga, the British changed strategy and attempted to tap into the supposedly large loyalist population of the southern colonies. At the start the strategy seemed to work. In May, 1780, the city of Charleston, S.C. Read more
The Battle of Crecy was a royal butt whipping of the French by an English army led by King Edward III. You have to credit the French knights with foolish bravery as they rode into a blizzard of arrows Read more
In September, 1868, a teacher named Emerson Bentley found a note on his school door. It read: “E.B. Beware! KKK”. The note included a coffin, skull and bones, and a bloody dagger. The 18-year-old Bentley had come south from Read more
Samuel Woodfill’s father was a veteran of the Mexican War and the Civil War. Samuel enlisted in the Army in 1901. He saw action in the Philippines against guerrillas. His unit was involved in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. On Sept. 26, Read more