On 20 Sep 1917, the 26th “Yankee” Division (a National Guard unit from CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) became the first American division to arrive in Europe during WWI. More than one million American soldiers and Marines joined them by war’s end in...
On 18 Sept 1973, future President Jimmy Carter filed a report with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, claiming he had seen a UFO in October 1969. During the presidential campaign of 1976, Carter promised that, if elected...
On 16 Sep 1945, Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, (captured by the Japanese on the island of Corregidor, in the Philippines), was freed by Russian forces from a POW camp in Manchuria. When President Franklin Roosevelt transferred Gen. Douglas MacArthur...
On 10 Sept 1776, General George Washington asked for a volunteer for an extremely dangerous mission: to gather intelligence behind enemy lines before the coming Battle of Harlem Heights. Captain Nathan Hale, 21 years old, of the 19th Regiment of the...
Let’s see. Our president didn’t correct UAW Pres Jimmy Hoffa when he called me (and other Tea Party types—including lots of veterans) “sons of bitches.” So it’s clear that he has no plans to either listen to us or help us. His “army,” according to...
5 Sept 1972, at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, a group of Palestinian terrorists stormed the Olympic Village apartment of the Israeli athletes, killing two and taking nine others hostage. The terrorists, known as Black September, demanded...
Everyone knows how important golf is in the military. Indeed, when building a new Air Force Base the very first thing built is the golf course. Thus if they run out of money for some reason, it’s the runway that’s not completed—and it’s always easy...
From the 1 Sep Wall St Journal: Another day, another stimulus burnout. On Wed, solar panel maker and White House favorite Solyndra announced they will suspend business and file for bankruptcy. Its demise is a reminder of the perils of politically...
I got this from a friend; unfortunately, I believe it to be true. In a way, it’s very funny. A recent paper authored by a NASA-affiliated scientist and 2 profs from Penn Univ explores the possibilities of first contact with an alien race. Among the...
On 30 Aug 1780 Benedict Arnold, a general in the Continental Army, agreed to surrender his command to the British and join them. As a result, his name is sometimes used in lieu of the word “traitor.” When the Revolutionary War broke out he joined...