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From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. The 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 8th Wisconsin's mascot was Old Abe, a bald eagle that accompanied the regiment into battle.
The mission of the 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB) is to provide manned, ready, and fully equipped mission-capable units to the Governor of the State of Georgia and to combatant and joint task force commanders to conduct support area operations, maneuver support operations, and support to consequence management and stability operations in order to assure the mobility, protection, and ...
The 4th Fighter Group was an American element of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Eighth Air Force during World War II. [1] [2] The group was known as the Debden Eagles because it was created from the three Eagle Squadrons of the Royal Air Force: No. 71, No. 121 Squadron RAF, and No. 133 Squadron RAF. [3]
The next day, Hill bore the eagle into Madison at the head of 70 veterans, of which 26 were from Company C. [3] Here, on the 26th, Captain Victor Wolf presented Old Abe to Governor James T. Lewis, [8] who handed the eagle, with its perch, to Quartermaster General N. F. Lund. [22]
This category includes grief, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress and other forms of moral injury and mental disorders caused or inflamed by war. Between the start of the Afghan war in October 2001 and June 2012, the demand for military mental health services skyrocketed, according to Pentagon data. So did substance abuse within the ranks.
The tank killers: a history of America's World War II tank destroyer force. Casemate. ISBN 978-1-932033-80-9. Zaloga, Steven J (2005). US Tank and Tank Destroyer Battalions in the ETO 1944–45. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-798-0. Tankdestroyer.net (Web based United States tank destroyer forces information resource) Tankdestroyer.net
An American World War II warship that played a key role in Allied campaigns in the Pacific has been discovered at the bottom of the Indian Ocean more than 80 years after it was sunk. The U.S.S ...
Steel opposes tax increases, advocates for more police funding and supports Israel in its war against Hamas. Although anti-abortion, she allows exceptions for rape, incest, or saving the mother's ...