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The most extensive experimentation on bicycle units was carried out by 1st Lieutenant James A. Moss, of the 25th United States Infantry (Colored) (an African American infantry regiment with European American officers). Using a variety of cycle models, Moss and his troops, accompanied by an assistant surgeon, carried out extensive bicycle ...
Following a promotion in 1895, General Nelson A. Miles expanded on an initiative involving the introduction of bicycle troops in the U.S. Army. The volunteer corps was led by Lieutenant James A. Moss and the 25th and the volunteer group tested the feasibility of the bicycles by completing long-distance trips. [4]
The corps undertook several short journeys – up the Bitterroot Valley by bicycle to deliver dispatches, north to the St. Ignatius area, and through Yellowstone National Park – before making a 1,900-mile (3,100 km) trip from Fort Missoula to St. Louis in 1897. The Army concluded that while the bicycle offered limited military potential, it ...
ABC's coverage of the 1982 Great American Bicycle Race wound up garnering an Emmy [12] for the Best Sports Documentary. In total, ABC would cover the first five [13] installments of the Race Across America. From 1983-1985, ABC aired the Race Across America in two one hour segments on Wide World of Sports. [14]
Senior buys back the Spider bike, the first theme bike Junior built while at OCC. He surprises Paulie by giving it back to him to pass it down to his son. Senior is hired by Sahlen's Meat Packing Co. to commission a 1930s vintage-style bike for their 150-year anniversary.
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a commercial broadcasting television network owned by Disney Entertainment, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Headquartered on Columbus Avenue and West 66th Street in Manhattan, ABC is the fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world. The network began its TV operations in 1948.
American Experience, originally titled The American Experience, is an American television program and a PBS documentary series created by Peter McGhee. The series airs documentaries about significant historical events or figures in United States history. The show is produced primarily by WGBH-TV, a television station and PBS affiliate located in Boston, Massachusetts. WGBH-TV creates non ...
Marching Orders is an American documentary television show on Netflix about The Marching Wildcats, the competition marching band of Bethune–Cookman University (BCU) in Daytona Beach, Florida. The series follows members over three weeks competing to make, and stay on, and compete with the Wildcats which are among the nation's top ranked programs.