All posts tagged "US Navy"
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6.5KMassachusettsThe War of 1812 and How To Win When Outnumbered: Perspective
The past is a foreign country. Once upon a time I drove up through Maine and across the border into the wilds...
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12.4KPolitics and MilitaryDisaster in Rhode Island Waters: The USS Bennington
On the early morning of May 26, 1954, fighter jets started to catapult into the air from the USS Bennington (CVA 20),...
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8.2K1ConnecticutBridgeport Mystery: The Bizarre Death of George Colvocoresses
The strange death of Civil War hero George Colvocoresses on a busy street in Bridgeport, Conn., reads like a Sherlock Holmes mystery...
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8.4K2ConnecticutWilliam Colepaugh, The Connecticut Spy Who Went Out in the Maine Cold
On a cold, stormy November night in 1944 a German U-Boat surfaced off the coast of Maine near Hancock. William Colepaugh and...
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