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  2. Military humor - Wikipedia

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    Military jokes might be sometimes quite blunt, e.g. British soldiers used to make a joke about the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) military decoration, to say of a comrade wounded down the belly that he had received DSO, DSO meaning "Dickie Shot Off." In other jokes however, the lack of seriousness is more subtle.

  3. Ulysses S. Grant - Wikipedia

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    Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; [a] April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. In 1865, as commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War. Grant was born in Ohio and graduated from the United States Military Academy (West Point) in 1843.

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  5. Hugh Grant Jokes He Put ‘Parental Controls’ on His TV So His ...

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    Hugh Grant is proud of a lot of his movies — but not this one. In an interview published by Variety on Jan. 6, writer Jenelle Riley mentioned the 1995 film Nine Months to the actor. “Grant ...

  6. Ulysses S. Grant and the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    On the onset of the American Civil War in April 1861, Ulysses S. Grant was working as a clerk in his father's leather goods store in Galena, Illinois.When the war began, his military experience was needed, and congressman Elihu B. Washburne became his patron in political affairs and promotions in Illinois and nationwide.

  7. Camp Grant (Illinois) - Wikipedia

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    Camp Grant was a U.S. Army facility located in the southern outskirts of Rockford, Illinois named in honor of American Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant.Camp Grant covered an area of 5,600 acres during World War I and 3,200 acres during World War II, and was in operation from 1917 to 1946.

  8. Hugh Grant Jokes He Looks Like a Scrotum During Oscars ... - AOL

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    Hugh Grant doesn't have a problem poking fun at himself for a laugh -- even in front of his former rom-com co-star, Andie MacDowell.Grant and MacDowell gave fans a little Four Weddings and a ...

  9. Frederick Tracy Dent - Wikipedia

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    In March 1864 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and became aide-de-camp to General Grant. [ 2 ] On April 5, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Dent brigadier general of volunteers to rank from April 5, 1865, but the President did not submit the nomination to the U.S. Senate before his death ten days later, so Dent's appointment was ...