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British Marine Maj. John Pitcairn was loved and respected by his me--and by the Bostonians he lived with before the Revolutionary War broke out.
Sep 6, 2013 · Hitler’s bodyguard Rochus Misch, shown here on March 10, 2005, points on a picture of Adolf Hitler he had taken in Berchtesgarden, southern Germany, in the early 1940s.
Stonewall Jackson. Thomas Jonathan " Stonewall " Jackson (January 21, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was a general officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He played a prominent role in nearly all military engagements in the Eastern theater of the war until his death. Military historians regard him as one of the most gifted ...
Feb 23, 2005 · By James Oberg. Maj. Robert H. Lawrence, America’s first black astronaut, had already traveled far by the time he was selected as a military astronaut in 1967. His death later that year in a ...
Jan 29, 2008 · James Wolfe was born on 2 January 1727 in Westerham, Kent, England, to Henrietta Thompson and Edward Wolfe, a lieutenant-colonel in the British army. His younger brother, also named Edward, was born the following year. Wolfe’s family had a long history of military service; like his father and paternal great-grandfather, he and his brother became officers in the British army.
John Bell Hood (June 1 [2] or June 29, [3] 1831 – August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Hood's impetuosity led to high losses among his troops as he moved up in rank. Bruce Catton wrote that "the decision to replace Johnston with Hood was probably the single largest mistake that either government made ...
Jan 3, 2020 · President Trump said Friday afternoon that the airstrike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the powerful Iranian commander, was ordered “to stop a war” and prevented attacks on Americans ...
