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Surviving 84 days in the Alaskan wilderness without many supplies or outside help Leon Crane (August 5, 1919 – March 26, 2002), a native of Philadelphia, [ 1 ] was an American Army Air Corps lieutenant who was stationed at Ladd Field [ a ] in Alaska during World War II .
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam is a 1987 American documentary film inspired by the anthology of the same title, directed by Bill Couturié. The film's narration consists of real letters written by American soldiers, which are read by actors, including Robert De Niro and Martin Sheen .
The first flight of 40 U.S. prisoners of war left Hanoi in a C-141A, which later became known as the "Hanoi Taxi" and is now in a museum. Locations of POW camps in North Vietnam From 12 February to 4 April, there were 54 C-141 missions flying out of Hanoi, bringing the former POWs home. [ 3 ]
Bush's painting started as a post-presidency pastime. He created a set of paintings in the evenings as a way to commemorate some of the veterans he has met since leaving office in 2009. This book is his first art book. [1] The foreword was written by former First Lady Laura Bush and by General Peter Pace, 16th Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs ...
According to an item on this web page, the "Italian mountain pass" story did happen, but it took place in 1866, during the Austro-Prussian War (and it says 80 men left and 81 returned). The web page cites a Liechtensteiner source and names the pass, so I'm guessing that it's correct, but out of caution I'm just leaving the story out of the article.
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The list features the most popular novels of each year from 1980 through 1989. [ 1 ] The standards set for inclusion in the lists – which, for example, led to the exclusion of the novels in the Harry Potter series from the lists for the 1990s and 2000s – are currently unknown.
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling is a 2024 book by Jason De León, published by Viking Press. [1] It won the 2024 National Book Award for Nonfiction . [ 2 ] [ 3 ]