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Korean War
MacArthur's Famous Farewell Speech

  By Witnify • March 12, 2014 Uncategorized
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Watch General Douglas MacArthur's iconic speech (“Old soldiers never die, they just fade away") to a joint session of Congress in 1951 after President Truman dismissed him from his leadership role during the Korean War. Continue reading

Tagged   Korean War, Military, Politics and History
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A Veteran Describes a Normal Day on the Job

  By Sarah Dejak • March 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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World War II veteran Harold Van Meter describes a time he had to fix the landing gears while the plane was in the air, all for landing practice with fellow pilots. Continue reading

Tagged   Air Force, Military, Politics and History
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World War II
Account of a Prisoner of War

  By Veterans History Project • March 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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World War II veteran Eugene Kessler explains what it was like as we was held captive as a prisoner of war in Germany for an entire year. Continue reading

Tagged   Air Force, Military, Politics and History, U.S. Veteran, World War II
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World War I
William Lake's Experience on the Front Lines

  By Witnify • March 6, 2014 Uncategorized
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Veteran William Lake remembers when his friend was shot by a sniper on the front lines during WWI and explains what happened to the enemy sniper. Continue reading

Tagged   Military, Politics and History, World War I
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Gallipoli Campaign
Australian Soldier on the Risk of Running Messages

  By Witnify • March 6, 2014 Uncategorized
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Australian Jack Hazlitt was a runner in ANZAC army at the Gallipoli Campaign and he describes exactly how a runner would deliver messages between the troops while enemy snipers fired at him. Continue reading

Tagged   Gallipoli Campaign, Military, World War I
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World War I
Veteran J. Laurence Moffitt on Getting Shelled & Gassed

  By Witnify • March 6, 2014 Uncategorized
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J. Laurence Moffitt, a veteran of WWI, explains what it was like to get shelled and gassed multiple times while fighting for the United States of America. Continue reading

Tagged   Military, Politics and History, World War I
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2014 Crimean Crisis
A Ukrainian Soldier Shares His Thoughts on the Invasion

  By Witnify • March 4, 2014 Uncategorized
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"We don't want fratricidal war," says a Ukrainian soldier as he awaits the Russian invasion of Crimea, Ukraine, and adds, "We're preparing for the worst."
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Tagged   2014 Crimean Crisis, 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, Military, Politics and History, Protest
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2014 Crimean Crisis
Ukrainian Citizens & Soldiers React to the Russian Invasion

  By Witnify • March 4, 2014 Uncategorized
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Vice reporter Simon Ostrovsky interviews Ukrainian civilians and base commanders as he covers Russia's military intervention of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, which began on February 26, 2014. Continue reading

Tagged   2014 Crimean Crisis, 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, Military, Politics and History, Protest
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2014 Crimean Crisis
Roland Oliphant on the Military Intervention

  By Witnify • March 4, 2014 Uncategorized
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The Telegraph's Roland Oliphant reports from the border of Crimea, Ukraine where Russia's military intervention began on February 27, 2014. Continue reading

Tagged   2014 Crimean Crisis, 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, Military, Politics and History, Protest
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Battle of Iwo Jima
Marine Remembers the Flamethrower He Carried Into Battle

  By Witnify • February 18, 2014 Uncategorized
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Frank Matthews, a Marine at the Battle of Iwo Jima, recalls having to wield a flame thrower after his fellow soldier was killed by a sniper. Continue reading

Tagged   Battle of Iwo Jima, Military, Politics and History, World War II
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