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American troops in Vietnam. My Lai destroyed the credibility of the US mission and resulted in poor treatment for many returning veterans. (source: VOA News) On this day in 1969 The Plain Dealer, an Ohio-based US newspaper, published imagery taken from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam. United States soldiers from the 23rd "Americal" Infantry…
"Advance Courageously Under the Guidance of the Red Flag of Mao Zedong!": a poster encouraging Chinese citizens to support Mao and, presumably, to forget the horrors of the Great Leap Forward. (source: Flickr) In January of 1958, the People's Republic of China (PRC) began the Great Leap Forward, a series of economic, political and social…
A Waffen-SS machine-gunner before the onset of winter. (source: Steam Community) On this day in 1944 the Battle of Vianden took place in Northern Luxembourg (Western Europe). Allied forces had recently pushed German forces out of Luxembourg and armed local resistance fighters; the Luxembourgians were directed to take up positions in the Vianden castle -…
On this day in 1872 American activist Susan B. Anthony was arrested by US Marshals on charges of voting illegally. Anthony and a number of women in Rochester, New York, had registered in the days leading up to the 1872 election; Anthony and 14 others had successfully cast their ballots, but were arrested afterwards. As…
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Nixon, centre, entangled in a metaphorical web of lies and deception during the 1972-74 Watergate Scandal. (source: Flickr) On this day in 1973 American President Richard Nixon reassured the public that "I am not a crook" - right after pressuring Solicitor General Robert Bork to fire the Special Prosecutor investigating Nixon for obstruction of justice.…
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