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10 most-read War Stories.

 1: 19th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers - (31081 Reads)
 2: 29th Troop Carrier Squadron in England - (30428 Reads)
 3: Mystery Guests--The LRRP's drop in unexpectedly - (30159 Reads)
 4: My Life as a Soldier - (27946 Reads)
 5: Death of a Wooden Shoe - (26082 Reads)
 6: Civil War Diary, 1864-1865 - (25820 Reads)
 7: German High Seas Fleet - (25692 Reads)
 8: Australian Imperial Forces - (25556 Reads)
 9: Memoirs of a Chosin veteran - (25292 Reads)
 10: World War II Patrol Craft - (23666 Reads)

10 most-active categories.

 1: Archives - (20781 hits)

10 most-read articles in special sections.

 1: Cruise Books In the Navy Department Library's Collection - (60390 Reads)
 2: Common Words of the 1860's - (40991 Reads)
 3: British Anti-Aircraft Command, TA on 3 September 1939 - (39928 Reads)
 4: Seabee Unit Cruise Books in the Navy Department Library - (30644 Reads)
 5: The British Army Overseas and the Colonies on 3 September 1939 - (24000 Reads)
 6: An Act for Establishing and Organizing a Marine Corps - (23205 Reads)
 7: The Army Ordnance Song - (22324 Reads)
 8: Beaver Wars (1642-1698) - (22102 Reads)
 9: Coast Guard Cutters & Craft, Name List - (21664 Reads)
 10: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom - (20483 Reads)

10 most-active news writers.

 1: David - (1 news items submitted)
 2: Stick - (1 news items submitted)
 3: Whale - (1 news items submitted)
 4: ussfa344 - (1 news items submitted)
 5: jriley1349 - (1 news items submitted)
 6: Theoxrojo - (1 news items submitted)

10 most-voted-on polls.

 1: I joined the military at age: - (1981 Votes)
 2: Should the military offer 18-month enlistments, as Congress is now proposing? - (1843 Votes)
 3: How do you feel about giving up freedoms for security? - (1816 Votes)
 4: Who would best command "The War on Terrorism" - (1504 Votes)
 5: Is America's military (1.4 million active and 1.3 million Guard/Reserve) too big or too small? - (1242 Votes)
 6: Should the military be used to enforce quarantines in the event of pandemic disease outbreaks? - (894 Votes)
 7: Should homeland defense be a permanent mission for the Guard and Reserve? - (493 Votes)
 8: Is the U.S. media presenting balanced coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? - (490 Votes)
 9: Should Military Members be Allowed to Sue the Military? - (489 Votes)
 10: Is America doing enough to address homeland security issues? - (483 Votes)

10 most-read reviews.

 1: Steel My Soldiers' Heart by David Hackworth - (10229 Reads)
 2: Court-Martial at Parris Island - (9966 Reads)
 3: Platoon Bravo Company - (9903 Reads)
 4: The Guns Of Port Hudson Vol.2 - (9374 Reads)
 5: TEXAS IN THE WAR 1861-1865 - (9229 Reads)
 6: Home To War by Gerald Nicosia - (9229 Reads)
 7: Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865 - (9136 Reads)
 8: Achilles in Vietnam by Jonathan Shay,M.D.,Ph.D. - (8873 Reads)
 9: Death Before Dawn: SEAL Strike Book One - (8813 Reads)
 10: Hearts in Conflict: A One-Volume History of the Civil War - (8443 Reads)

10 most-downloaded files.

 1: Military Helicopters (Category: Wallpaper) - (334 Downloads)
 2: FMFM 6-4 MARINE RIFLE COMPANY/PLATOON (Category: Training and Doctrine) - (299 Downloads)
 3: AV-8B Harrier (Category: Aircraft) - (288 Downloads)
 4: Quang Tri Map (Category: Vietnam War) - (268 Downloads)
 5: Boeing aircraft (Category: Screensavers) - (250 Downloads)
 6: MCRP 3-11.2A MARINE TROOP LEADER'S GUIDE (Category: Training and Doctrine) - (250 Downloads)
 7: AFVN radio broadcast (Category: Vietnam War) - (235 Downloads)
 8: Cookie Cruncher (Category: Utilities) - (234 Downloads)
 9: FM 3-22.27 MK 19 40-mm Grenade Machine Gun, MOD 3 (Category: Training and Doctrine) - (229 Downloads)
 10: World War II songs (Category: World War II) - (226 Downloads)
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This Day in History
1670: Charles II and Louis XIV sign a secret treaty in Dover, England, ending hostilities between England and France.

1736: British and Chickasaw forces defeat the French at the Battle of Ackia.

1831: The Russians defeat the Poles at the Battle of Ostrolenska.

1865: Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last general of the Confederate Army to surrender.

1940: Britains Operation Dynamo gets underway as President Roosevelt makes a radio appeal for the Red Cross.

1946: A patent is filed in the United States for the H-bomb.

1965: Eight hundred Australian troops depart for Vietnam and New Zealand announces that it will send an artillery battalion.

1971: In Cambodia, an estimated 1,000 North Vietnamese capture the strategic rubber plantation town of Snoul, driving out 2,000 South Vietnamese as U.S. air strikes support the Allied forces.