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Cpl. Henry M. Stairs, Jr. discusses his painting of a scene from the Battle of the Bulge. Stairs depicted a scene where German soldiers dressed as American service members are shot as they attempt to cross the Stavelot Bridge across American lines in Stavelot, Belgium. Members of A Company of the 117th Infantry stopped the attack by the Germans.
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2.The Chosin Reservoir Campaign by Gray, Colonel (Retired) John E. Recall Vol. 11 Issue 2, Fall 2005
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This is Part I of Colonel John E. Gray’s combat story of the Chosin Reservoir Campaign published from his memoirs. Gray describes the combat actions during the Korean War of the US Army’s, 7th Infantry Division units that fought on the East side of the Chosin Reservoir in late November 1950. Gray describes the events leading up to beginning of the battle and the events that followed.
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Ltc. Sion H. Harrington, III repeats of a story told to him by Chaplin Larry Smedley of the 82nd Airborne Division of a paratrooper exercise at the Jungle Operations Training Center training in Panama. Smedley was on a jump exercise as an enlisted man years before when an accident happened. A mechanical failure occurred during the jump and many of Smedley’s fellow soldiers jumped into the path of an oncoming aircraft and were killed when they hit the plane’s propellers. Smedley relates how his life was spared during the exercise and how the accident caused him to become a chaplain in the Army.
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This article is written in response to the Fall 2004 Volume X, Issue 2 of Recall and contains some corrections. The author was a blimp pilot and was assigned to ZP-1 at Weeksville, NC. Overman discusses the altitude at which blimps can fly, how an airship climbs and descends, the maximum speed of an airship, the ballonets on an airship, and corrections to a particular historical event.
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5.Recall: A Tarheel's Thoughts on Vicksburg by Northrop, William Recall Vol. 20 Issue 1, Spring 2014
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43512
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The Battle of Vicksburg was a major turning point in the United States Civil War. The siege of Vicksburg leads to Union soldiers gaining control of the Mississippi River, cutting off communications among Confederate troops, and ultimately, the rise of Ulysses S. Grant.
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On June 14, 1775, 10 companies comprised of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia colonists were authorized by the Second Continental Congress to march to Boston to win independence in the war against England. Until its name change in 1776, the original title given to the companies was the Army of the United Colonists.
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Formed in Fort Benning, Georgia, the 199th Infantry Brigade became one of the major fighting forces throughout the Vietnam War. Nicknamed "The Red catchers," the infantry was mainly assigned to cater assistance within the Marine Corps Tactical Zone; and provide house-to-house combat in Cholon, Vietnam.
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The Junior Class of Military Preparatory School, The Citadel, had an estimated 6,000+ cadets who served during WWII. In 1944, 222 class members were killed/wounded in their war efforts; 13 of these men died on D-Day, the invasion of France. The cadets became quickly labeled as "the class that never was."
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Southern colonists deeply relied on the protection of their militiaman from Native American, Spanish, and French threats. Those who were called to arms were also important in suppressing internal rebellions amongst local colonists, making it clear that a "militia was key to the survival of early settlers."
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Known as the "single greatest disaster to have befallen North Carolina," the Tuscarora Indian War fought between British Colonists and the Tuscarora Tribe ignited due to several sources of conflict; two of which were due to colonists' need for fertile soil and water transportation. The death toll resulted in 1,400 killed/wounded and 1,000+ natives sold into slavery.
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From 1914-1918, World War I, also known as The Great War, was a battle fought between what was known as the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire) and the Allied Powers (Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Canada, Japan, and the United States) of the world. With prior tension lingering throughout southeast Europe and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, The Great War began, claiming more than 16 million lives.
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North Carolina native and Officer of the Confederate Army, Gabriel James Rains, became a noteworthy participant in the Civil War. Later taking on the role of Brigadier General, Rains played a significant part in the war effort by creating the world's first land mine, keg torpedo, and submarine mortar battery.
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In March 1918, the U.S.S. Cyclops--a navy battleship, vanished without a trace. Carrying 309 people, manganese ore, and fuel, the U.S.S Cyclops had orders to leave Brazil and land stateside in Baltimore, Maryland; but never did. Amongst those that disappeared were 6 North Carolina natives: George Alfred, Leonard Day, Isaac Dancy, Robert Powers, Junius Dellinger, and Robert Riddle.
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