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“Harry Bluff” and the Curious Origin of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED): August 31, 1842

DVIDS
August 31st remains a less well-known anniversary in the U.S. Navy. On this date in 1842, Congress passed a Navy appropriations bill...
13 months ago

The Best Quote Jones Never Wrote

U.S. Naval Institute
The "Qualifications of a Naval Officer" quotation variously attributed to John Paul Jones and force-fed to U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen in the publication...
67 months ago

Official Bio for President Jimmy Carter

The Carter Center
Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.), 39th president of the United States, was born October 1, 1924, in the small farming town of Plains, Georgia.
99 months ago

Flippin earns rightful place in Hall of Fame

Bergen Record
He wouldn't be known by as many of the current high school sports fans as fellow 2017 NJSIAA Hall of Famer Jim Baglin, the legendary Mendham...
81 months ago

Senators Murray and Collins on Agriculture, Transportation-HUD and VA Spending

C-SPAN
Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Vice Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) spoke on the chamber floor about the...
12 months ago

Climax of Isolationism, Countdown to World War

U.S. Naval Institute
The Japanese bombardment of the U.S. gunboat Panay on the Yangtze River in 1937 was a portent of Pearl Harbor and the Pacific war.
67 months ago