In 1945, a bomber plane crashed into the Empire State Building. The pilot was flying from Massachusetts to Newark Metropolitan Airport when he became disoriented in a thick fog. After passing the Chrysler building, he turned right instead of left. The plane collided between the 78th and 80th floors, killing 14 people in total.
RETRO INDY A bullet between the eyes: The most remarkable survivor of the Civil War Dawn Mitchell Indianapolis Star There are many incredible war stories of survival that defy all logic or explanation. Jacob Miller’s survival was nothing short of miraculous. Miller, a native of Logansport, served in Company K of the 9th Indiana Infantry during the Civil War. In one of his numerous battles, Miller was struck squarely in the forehead with a bullet, which tore a jagged hole and entered his brain, allowing doctors to view the pulsations of his brain. The wound never healed. Miller relayed his story and personal experiences in an interview he gave to a Joliet, Illinois, newspaper in 1911. Miller enlisted in the war in Logansport in 1861 and participated in the battles of Greenbriar, West Virginia; the siege of Corinth; Perryville, Kentucky; Stones River. On Sept. 19, 1863, during the battle of Chickamauga, a musket ball pierced him between the eyes, he fell backward and was left for dead on the battlefield. He distinctly recalled his captain say, “It’s no use to remove poor Miller, for he is dead.”
Caption: "First graders, some of Japanese ancestry, at the Weill public school pledging allegiance to the United States flag. The evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war."
This is Bessie Coleman aka "Queen Bess" photographed in 1923. She became the first Black woman and also the first Indigenous person to earn a pilot license.
I disagree. We had a '50 Lincoln and I liked it a lot. At the same time. my mother had a '50 Mercury and I liked it too.
There is a cemetery in the Netherlands which contains 8,301 American veterans who died during World War 2.
This is a photo of the Statue of Liberty taken from the torch. It has been closed off to the public since 1916 when the torch was damaged after German spies blew up an amunition depot in a nearby harbor in New Jersey.
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