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PTSD and Shell Shock

PTSD Symptoms Post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental health condition that occurs when someone witnesses or experiences a severely traumatic event. This can include war or combat, serious accidents, natural disasters, terrorism, or violent personal assaults, such as rape. People with the disorder may experience PTSD symptoms such as frequent fear, stress, and anxiety stemming […]

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Saving Private Ryan: The Real-Life D-Day Back Story

The film draws on the story of an actual soldier named Fritz Niland and a U.S. War Department ‘sole-survivor’ directive designed to keep families from losing every one of their sons.

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Hamburger Hill Evacuation

Why the Battle for Hamburger Hill Was So Controversial

After 10 days of bruising battle, U.S. forces took the hill, only to abandon it days later. Sniper fire was so intense, one soldier called it ‘a human meat grinder.’

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Don't Ask Don't Tell

Once Banned, Then Silenced: How Clinton’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Policy Affected LGBTQ Military

Though Clinton admitted the policy was “not a perfect solution,” he presented it as a “major step forward” from the existing ban.

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How Did ‘Taps’ Originate?

The origins of “Taps,” the distinctive bugle melody played at U.S. military funerals and memorials and as a lights-out signal to soldiers at night, date back to the American Civil War.  In July 1862, U.S. General Daniel Butterfield and his brigade were camped at Harrison’s Landing, Virginia, recuperating after the Seven Days Battles near Richmond. […]

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1947

First female army officer is appointed

Women’s History
1802

U.S. Military Academy established

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