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Today in military history: US forces capture British ships on Lake Erie

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Today in military history: Alvin York captures 132 Germans at Argonne

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‘The Grunt Padre’ was a chaplain who gave his life for his Marines’ souls

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Why a NATO general defied the Supreme Allied Commander in Kosovo

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Today in military history: Soviet Union launches Sputnik

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Today in military history: Germany conducts successful V-2 rocket test

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Today in military history: Texas Revolution begins with Battle of Gonzales

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Today in military history: William the Conqueror invades England

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A British Isle and the Netherlands went to war for 335 years and no one died

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