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21546
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McLawhorn recounts how Ted Sampley, publisher and editor of the Kinston Dispatch, uncovered information that the remains in the Vietnam War Tomb of the Unknown were not unknown but known and that the Pentagon had covered it up. The remains were those of Lt. Michael John Blassie who was shot down and killed on May 11, 1972. He was re-interred twenty-six years later in the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis. Sampley did two Vietnam tours with the Special Forces, and his awards include the Combat Infantryman Badge and two Bronze Star medals with V for Valor.
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21547
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This article follows the experiences of John Wesley Bone of Nash County who served through the Civil War with the 30th Regiment, North Carolina Troops, Company I. Bone later wrote of his wartime life in A Personal Memoir of the Civil War Service of John Wesley Bone: A Confederate Soldier from Nash County which was published in 1904.
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21554
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A \"band of others,\" as opposed to a \"band of brothers,\" means, in this case, men who did not serve as a single group during World War II, Korea, or other wars, but who served individually in various service branches. The commonality among them is that they are all members of the First Presbyterian Church in Raleigh. In this article Campbell recounts the war experiences of William Jackson Hester (Korea) and Charles S. Cooper (World War II).
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21561
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Winstead of Elm City recalls his experiences serving with the 30th Division, 119th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Company M for four years, nine months, and nine days during World War II.
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21562
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Cooke recounts the wartime experiences of Henry Murphy of Burgaw, a carrier pilot aboard the USS Enterprise in the South Pacific during World War II. Murphy was flying an Avenger torpedo plane along with his two-man crew during a major two-day attack on Formosa on October 12, 1944, when his plane was shot down killing all three men.
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21576
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Born in western Wake County in 1894, Goodwin later served as a Pharmacist's Mate 1c with the 6th Marines on the Western Front during World War I. With them he fought through some of the most famous battles in American military history--Verdun, Belleau Wood and Bouresches, Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel, Mont Blac, and the spic Meuse Argonne Offensive. Among his awards and citations were the Navy Cross, Croix de Guerre (France), Silver Star, and the Second Division Citation awarded for actions on June 6, 1918 and for actions at Thiaucourt on September 15, 1918. Goodwin returned to Wake County and practiced medicine until a few days before his death.
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21642
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Northrop recounts activities of blockade runners operating out of Wilmington, names of ships, and some of the famous captains of blockade runners and raiders, like John Wilkinson and John Newland.
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21643
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On December 8, 2012, the people of Monroe, at the encouragement of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Society of the Order of the Confederate Rose, erected a monument in front of the Union County Courthouse honoring ten Confederate soldiers--all African American. Northrop highlights other black soldiers who served in the Confederate army as well as Northern professors, teachers, and bloggers who deny this really was true.
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21644
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The group known as the \"founding fathers\" of the United States came from all thirteen colonies. Winstead recounts the life of one of them--Cornelius Harnett, Jr.--who is all but unknown to North Carolinians today but who deserves to be counted among them. \"He was neither a signer of the Declaration of Independence or a framer of the Constitution, but instead was one of those who aided the cause to resist the efforts of the British Government.\"
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21645
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The Southern campaign of the American Revolution came to a climax in Guilford County on March 15, 1781. Some 4,000 Americans, under the command of Nathanael Greene, waited as Lord Cornwallis approached from the west. Kieron recounts the events of the battle.
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29136
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World War II’s the Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Campaign, is detailed in three sections. The first section covers the stalemate between German and Allied troops in the autumn and early winter of 1944. The second section covers the background, strategy of the German troops, and the loss of life in Battle of the Bulge from December 16-26, 1944. The final section specifically looks at the 30th Infantry Division’s participation in the battle.
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29137
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Bruce A. Crissinger tells of his time spent as a prisoner of the Waffen SS. Crissinger the commander of Company A of the 823d Tank Destroyer Battalion on 16 December 1944. He was captured during the Battle of the Bulge while investigating the destruction of several tanks and was used by the Germans in a failed attempt to break through the American lines under a flag of truce before being rescued on 24 December 1944.
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29140
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A story from a solider describes how his American 823d Tank Destroyer Battalion destroyed a German Tiger II tank numbered 222 during the Battle of the Bulge.
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29141
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Frank Warnock tells the story of his experience in the 117th Infantry as part of the 30th Infantry Division at Stavelot, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. Warnock describes how the regiment was enjoying a period of rest before being called into action. He tells of joining the battle, saving a group of civilians, taking German soldiers prisoner, the massacre of a group of civilians by the German SS, and the 117th’s movements after the battle.
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29142
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Lt. Leland E. Cofer tells his story of the blowing of the bridge at Stavelot, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. Cofer was the platoon leader of Company A of the 117th Infantry. Cofer then describes the reconnaissance for the mission, the setting of charges, and the blowing of the bridge. The blowing of the bridge stopped the German advance at Stavelot.
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