Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Today is the anniversary of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. The flag was raised by five U.S. Marines and a Navy corpsman, immortalized in a photo by Joe Rosenthal. Three of the men in the photo were killed in battle.
The Battle of Iwo ...
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Today and tomorrow marks the 130th anniversary of the Battle of Rorke's Drift. This was a landmark engagement between 139 British soldiers against over 4,000 Zulu warriors during the opening days of the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879.
Rorke's Drift was immortalized in the film Zule, which starred Michael Caine and featured ...
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