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Charles Askins, Jr. (October 28, 1907 – March 2, 1999), also known as Col. Charles "Boots" Askins, was an American lawman, US Army officer, and writer. [1] He served in law enforcement (US Forest Service and Border Patrol) in the American Southwest prior to the Second World War. [2]
Townsend Whelen (March 6, 1877 – December 23, 1961), called "Townie" by his friends, [1] was an American hunter, soldier, writer, outdoorsman and rifleman.. Whelen was a colonel in the United States Army, [2] and a prolific writer on guns and hunting, writing over two thousand magazine articles in his career.
From 1917 to 1943 and 1946 to 1957, the US Army Pigeon Breeding and Training Center was based at Fort Monmouth, N.J. From October 1943 until June 1946, the center was based at Camp Crowder. [3] The US Army discontinued using pigeons as message carriers in 1957.
George M. Chinn. George Morgan Chinn (January 15, 1902 – September 4, 1987) was an American weapons expert and soldier. He attended Centre College, and played on the 1921 Centre Praying Colonels football team, which won the national championship.
John Henry Parker aka "Gatling Gun Parker" (September 19, 1866 – October 14, 1942) was a brigadier general in the United States Army. [1] He is best known for his role as the commander of the Gatling Gun Detachment of the U.S. Army's Fifth Army Corps in Cuba during the Santiago campaign in the Spanish–American War .
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The field officers were Colonel Grayson, Lieutenant Colonel Leven Powell, and Major John Thornton. [20] On 28 June 1778, the regiment fought at the Battle of Monmouth. Before the battle, Scott was named commander of a 1,440-man task force consisting of detachments under Richard Butler, Joseph Cilley, Mordecai Gist, and Richard Parker. In Scott ...
Archaeologists discovered clues to a fire in Guatemala from between 733 and 881 AD that they say represents a key turning point in Maya rule—a very public turning point.