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RULE: Post a good military history question and 'Vote UP' the correct answer...if no one responds with a correct answer within 24-hours, post the answer.
RULE: Post a good military history question and 'Vote UP' the correct answer...if no one responds with a correct answer within 24-hours, post the answer.
Posted 12 y ago
Responses: 75
SSG James Doherty
One - Mary Edwards Walker

Mary Edwards Walker (November 26, 1832 – February 21, 1919) was an American feminist, abolitionist, prohibitionist, alleged spy, prisoner of war and surgeon. She is currently the only woman ever to re...
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How many Confederate Soldiers earned the Medal of Honor during the Civil War?
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Who was the only President (Besides Lincoln) to deploy Union or Federal Troops against US Civilians?
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SPC Michael Hunt
Wow, I was really mis-informed... I'll give you points for that one MAJ Weiss, Sir.
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SSG (Join to see)
i just saw on the History channel that the marines were called in to quell a prison escape at alcatraz killing the three prisoners, made me think of this question
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SCPO (Join to see)
Federal troops were also deployed to suppress the Pullman strike, as I recall. Federal troops were also deployed in Washington DC in 1968, after Martin Luther King, Jr's assassination.
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MAJ (Join to see)
Federal Troops were also deployed in Washington DC during the 1930's to disband the veterans of WWI. The orders were followed by some of the great WWII names- Marshall, Eisenhower, and Patton as I seem to recall.
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On 06JUN44, only one division in the amphibious assault had a unit that reached its D-Day objective. Which division was it? What was the code name of their landing beach?
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SSgt (Join to see)
my wife is Canadian and her grandpa was wounded in france when his tank got hit. I try to make it a point to learn as much as I can about that stuff
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1SG(P) (Join to see)
It was a tank unit that made it, a troop of the 1st Hussars along with the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. Unfortunately, they only reached their objectives without being able to hold them.
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