Although two Barbary Wars would be fought a decade apart, it was theFirst Barbary Warthat memorialized “the shores of Tripoli” in the Marines’ Hymn. Pirates from the four states of the Barbary Coast—Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, and Morocco—had spent years terrorizing and seizing American merch...
A female researcher was writing her thesis about the effects of long army service and sexual function. In one of her first meetings with war veterans, some still serving, some honorably discharged, she decides to pose a somewhat delicate question. "Can you please tell me, and don't be shy...
A trio of old veterans were bragging and jokes about the heroic exploits of their ancestors one afternoon down at the VFW hall. "My great grandfather, at age 13," one declared proudly, "was a drummer boy at Shiloh." "Mine," boasts another, "went down with Custer at the Battle of Lit...
For Randall himself soon adds, "The Battle of Shiloh produced comparatively little imaginative writing. . . . Shiloh seemed to stun and silence the literary imagination" (70). The truth is that Melville's great and enduring gift was always prose. He never wrote great poetry about anything. ...
Jokes about the army, the military, soldiers, generals and wars, including war prisoners. Sort ByNew How Long Has It Been? A female researcher was writing her thesis about the effects of long army service and sexual function. In one of her first meetings with war veterans, some still servi...
In reality, he was in the Crescent City on behalf of President Ulysses S。 Grant, who had asked him to undertake a vital to investigate the activities of violent vigilante groups menacing the rights of former slaves, or freedmen。 Grant had been alarmed as So...