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In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is an eyelash. -- General Douglas MacArthur |
Operation Scorpion Sting(76 total words in this text)(2363 Reads)  During a June 16, 2003, neighborhood sweep, soldiers from the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment found approximately nine tons of copper wire in in the Thawra neighborhood of Baghdad, in an area known as ?Looter?s Market.? Coalitino soldiers discovered also found and confiscated three pistols, one rifle and two mortar rounds. The patrol also detained 31 suspected criminals. |
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1539:
Hernando de Soto lands in Florida with 600 soldiers in search of gold.
1859: The Piedmontese army crosses the Sesia River and defeats the Austrians at Palestro. 1862: Union General Henry Halleck enters Corinth, Mississippi. 1868: Memorial Day begins when two women place flowers on both Confederate and Union graves. 1912: U.S. Marines are sent to Nicaragua to protect American interests. 1913: The First Balkan War ends. 1921: The U.S. Navy transfers the Teapot Dome oil reserves to the Department of the Interior. 1942: A thousand-plane raid on the German city of Cologne is launched by Great Britain. Almost 1,500 tons of bombs rain down in 90 minutes, delivering a devastating blow to the Germans medieval city as well as its morale. 1951: Eighth Army regained the Kansas Line. 1952: Far East Air Forces had flown 200,000 sorties in the Korean War during some 330 consecutive days of combat operations. |
