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Library of Alexandria. History (derived from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía) 'inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation') is the systematic study and documentation of the human past . The period of events before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...
William H. Folly was born in Bergen County, New Jersey. He later enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private with Company B of the 8th U.S. Cavalry. Folly was assigned to frontier duty and saw action during the Apache Wars during the late-1860s. In the late summer and fall of 1868, Folly was among the 50-60 cavalrymen, mostly from Company B and L ...
The Army & Air Force Exchange Service ( AAFES, also referred to as The Exchange and The PX or The BX) provides goods and services at U.S. Army and Air Force installations worldwide, operating department stores, convenience stores, restaurants, military clothing stores, theaters and more across 50 U.S. states and more than 30 countries.
The armed forces were founded in 1971 after the country gained independence from the United Kingdom. With a personnel strength of 11,800, Qatar's armed forces are the second-smallest in the Middle East. France has provided approximately 80% of Qatar's arms inventory. Qatar took part in the Gulf War of 1991, with a battalion at the Battle of ...
William O'Neill was born in Tariffville, Connecticut in about 1848. He later moved to New York City, New York where he enlisted in the U.S. Army. O'Neill was assigned to frontier duty with Company I of the 4th U.S. Cavalry and later took part in the Red River War. In late-September 1872, O'Neill was among the cavalry troopers who followed ...
Christian Steiner. Private Christian Steiner (1843 – August 5, 1880) was a German-born American soldier in the U.S. Army who served as a saddler with the 8th U.S. Cavalry during the Apache Wars in the Arizona Territory. He was one of thirty-two men awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry battling against Cochise and the Apache Indians in the ...
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Synopsis. When the bank inherits a boat, the platoon is able to mount a river patrol – and ends up lost in the English Channel.. Plot. Mr Maxwell, the solicitor for the late Mr Johnson, tells Mainwaring and Wilson that Mr Johnson left nothing of value except "the clothes he stood up in", and his boat The Naughty Jane.