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todayilearned
Jul 01, 2020
TIL that the most skilled sniper in all of World War I was a Canadian Indigenous man, Francis Pegahmagabow. He had 378 confirmed kills, captured over 300 enemy soldiers, and spent his post-war life fighting for Indigenous rights. He remains the most decorated Indigenous soldier in Canadian history.
1914 to 1918
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aboriginal
archduke franz ferdinand
battlefield 1
best sniper
british pathé
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great war
history
history channel
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mediakraft
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original
sharpshooter
snipers
sniping
western front
wilhelm ii
winston churchill
world war i (military conflict)
wwi
todayilearned
Jun 09, 2020
TIL that in 1956, F-11 Tiger fighter plane shot itself down because the plane was literally going faster than its own gunfire.
alan green
apollo lunar module
atlantic ocean
b-47 bomber
battery acid
battle of fort sumter
blue angels
boeing b-47e stratojet
brazilian navy
bruce kulka
bruce kulka mars bluff
bruntingthorpe air base
charleston air force base
charleston harbor
chlorine gas
civil war
clarence stewart
cold war
cruden bay
cruiser bahia
daniel hough
distinguished flying cross
earl koehler
edward galway
fort sumter
georgia
grumman f11f-1 tiger
gulf of mexico
homestead air force base
howard richardson
hunter air force base
karl-adolf schlitt
kristiansand
long island
mark 6 nuclear bomb
mars bluff
mhq—the quarterly journal of military history
mk-15 nuclear bomb
new york
new york times
north american f-86 sabres
north atlantic
north sea
norway
p. g. t. beauregard
philippines
rio grande do sul
robert anderson sumter
savannah
scotland
silver star
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st. peter and st. paul’s rocks
thomas w. attridge jr.
tybee island
u-1206
u.s. strategic air command
walter gregg
wassaw sound
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todayilearned
Oct 13, 2019
TIL of the Harlem Hellfighters an all black unit who fought in WWI. And of Henry Johnson who single handedly fought off a German trench raid. This bunch of jazz loving heroes were also credited with bringing Jazz to Europe. Tonight's post run beer is dedicated to these great heroes.
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todayilearned
May 06, 2019
TIL Harry Fusao O’Hara a Japanese expat, volunteered to fight for Britain in World War One, wounded nearly 70 times he remains the only known Japanese national to serve in the RAF.
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