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An American Sea Captain Encounters Horatio Nelson-And Lives to Tell the Tale - Journal of the Ame...

An American Sea Captain Encounters Horatio Nelson-And Lives to Tell the Tale - Journal of the Ame...

allthingsliberty.com — Few sea captains could claim they crossed bowsprits with Lord Nelson and sailed away - ship and cargo intact - but Nathaniel Carver of Plymouth, Massachusetts, was one who did. Not only did he survive the encounter, the American received a letter of commendation from the man who would later be remembered as the "Hero of Trafalgar."
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Mark Bowden Looks Back at Vietnam and U.S. Foreign Policy Through the Lens of One Horrific Battle

Mark Bowden Looks Back at Vietnam and U.S. Foreign Policy Through the Lens of One Horrific Battle

History News Network — In an interview the New York Times bestselling author of "Black Hawk Down" explains why he decided to write a book about Hue.
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Plymouth area veterans remember the Battle of Hue 50 years ago

Plymouth area veterans remember the Battle of Hue 50 years ago

Carver Reporter — "Corpsman up!" That sound sends chills down the spine of Navy medics. "Corpsman up!" That sound sends chills down the spine of Navy medics. It means a Marine has been wounded - or worse. Corpsmen spring into action with little regard for their own safety to help fallen comrades, often under heavy enemy fire.
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History: A different take on murderer's row

History: A different take on murderer's row

Providence Journal — Baseball writer Bill James teams with his daughter Rachel McCarthy James to spin a true tale about infamous series of 19th-century slayings Bill James knows baseball. He is the godfather of baseball analytics, having devised the famous sabermetrics system for evaluating players through the use of in-game statistics.
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Plymouth responds to Great Halifax Explosion of 1917 with relief for Nova Scotia

Plymouth responds to Great Halifax Explosion of 1917 with relief for Nova Scotia

Old Colony Memorial — All eyes were focused on the harbor that day. It was a big mistake. All eyes were focused on the harbor that day. Thick black smoke billowed from an old freighter, and nearly everyone in Halifax, Nova Scotia, gazed in awe at the spectacle. They lined the shore and pointed.
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Blizzard of '78: Remembering the 'Storm of the Century' in Plymouth

Blizzard of '78: Remembering the 'Storm of the Century' in Plymouth

Old Colony Memorial — Ken Tavares remembers two things about the Blizzard of '78 very clearly: the snow and the silence. Ken Tavares remembers two things about the Blizzard of '78 very clearly: the snow and the silence. The massive storm that blasted New England Feb. 6-7, 1978, dropped 30 inches of snow and shut down Massachusetts for a week.
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The dream comes true for Dave Kindy when he gets to fly in a B17 bomber

The dream comes true for Dave Kindy when he gets to fly in a B17 bomber

Carver Reporter — Once, their wings darkened the skies. Today, there are only a handful of the fabled Flying Fortresses remaining. And I got to fly on one! Once, their wings darkened the skies. Hundreds of B-17 heavy bombers would fly in formation as young men from across America put their lives in harm's way over Europe and the Pacific.
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Book Review: Harrowing, yet heroic story of Halifax's destruction, and resurrection

Book Review: Harrowing, yet heroic story of Halifax's destruction, and resurrection

Providence Journal — A century ago, on Dec. 6, 1917, Halifax was nearly obliterated when a French munitions ship detonated after colliding with another vessel. "The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy and Extraordinary Heroism," by John Bacon. HarperCollins, 432 pages. $29.99. Everything changed in an instant.
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Way back when, it was a scary drill - The Boston Globe

Way back when, it was a scary drill - The Boston Globe

t.co — It's bedtime. I crawl beneath the covers and grab a book. Nothing unusual there. I write book reviews, so I'm always reading something, especially as sleepy time approaches. This night, I'm reading a new book about the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. It's "Above and Beyond: John F.
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