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A US military officer reports on the increasing incidence of insubordination, desertion and rebellion in the US army over the course of the Vietnam War. While we obviously don't agree with the officer's political perspective, the article contains lots of useful information on the GI resistance movement during the Vietnam War.
Those who gave their lives during America's wars are honored on Memorial Day, but this year one veterans' group hopes people will specifically remember 65,502 of them, the number who died serving the United States since the beginning of the Vietnam War.
Before approving McClellan’s plans for the Peninsula Campaign, U.S. president Abraham Lincoln insisted his general leave behind troops under Union general Irvin McDowell for the protection of Washington, D.C., as well as a possible strike against Richmond from the north. Stonewall Jackson’s soldiers in the Valley were charged with preventing McDowell from reinforcing McClellan, and toward that end, Jackson did his best to keep his army situated between McDowell and McClellan. In the meantime, Lincoln worried that it was dangerous for a Confederate force such as Jackson’s to roam free in...
USA TODAY The NFL's 2021 free agent class wasn't necessarily a star-studded group, yet more than three weeks after the market officially opened its doors, there are still some very familiar names who remain unsigned. At this point, as the league's annual draft draws ever nearer and some teams operate with only enough salary cap space to sign their rookie classes, it's probably unlikely that many of the available veterans will leap at a deal in the next few weeks. "(A)pparently we got to wait ’til the draft happens before anything else shakes out, because everybody has their hopes and dream...
Showdown in the Ozarks: A Defeat From Which the Confederacy Never Recovered At snowy, muddy Pea Ridge, Arkansas, just across the border from Missouri, Union and Confederate forces met to decide the fate of the “Show Me” State. Here's What You Need to Know: The disastrous impact of Pea Ridge on Confederate fortunes was immense. For three weeks in February 1862, Union Brig. Gen. Samuel Curtis led his Army of the Southwest on a 200-mile advance southward across the Ozark plateau in Missouri and into northern Arkansas. The February weather made for abysmal campaigning, pelting the men with s...