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Cattle and wheat brought him blessings—but gold proved a curse. John Augustus Sutter’s dream of riches rose with cattle and wheat but fell under the weight of gold. Fleeing bankruptcy in Switzerland, Sutter set up a baronial estate in Mexican California in the1840s based on agriculture, light industry and trade with the Indians. But the …
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Night Jump into Dien Bien PhuPierre Fauroux was born in 1921. He graduated from the French Military Academy at St. Cyr in 1942, when France’s Vichy government was dominated by Germany. In 1943 he escaped from … Read MoreThe Flying BananaBefore the ubiquitous ‘Huey,’ an unsung hero brought mobility to Vietnam’s battlefields. When John F. Kennedy was elected president in 1960, he was faced with a multitude of proble… Read MoreVoices | Maj. Gen. James JacksonOut of 9 million U.S. veterans who served worldwide during the Vietnam War, 7 million are still living. It’s retired Maj. Gen. James Jackson’s job to make sure the country honors t… Read MoreThe Lost PatrolOutnumbered and outgunned, Marines courageously fought for their lives on a killing ground near Da Nang. At 6:30 in the morning on May 12, 1966, a 14-man reinforced squad from Brav… Read MoreVoices | Walt Sides, Rolling ThunderIn 1973, when the first prisoners of war were freed by North Vietnam and returned to the United States, many veterans believed that the actual number of POWs was much higher. One o… Read More
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