Al Nofi's CIC
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Issue #52, September 21, 2001 |
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This Issue...
- Infinite Wisdom
- la Triviata
- Short Rounds
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Infinite Wisdom
"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm,"
--George Orwell
La Triviata
- During one of the numerous Egyptian campaigns in Asia a wily enemy commander chased a mare in heat in the general direction of the Egyptian chariotry, thereby totally disrupting an important attack, which resulted not long after in the introduction of geldings to the Egyptian Army.
- Between April 1917 and June 1920 the U.S. Army went from approximately 210,000 troops on active duty to nearly 3.5 million, and then back to about 210,000.
- The Kingdom of Poland was at peace with all its foreign neighbors for just ten of the 70 years between 1648 and 1718.
- Madame Rossini, the cantiniere of the Zouaves of the Napoleon III's Imperial Guard, was awarded the Medaille Militaire for her services during the Battle of Magenta (June 4,1859), becoming the first woman to be so decorated.
- The contract for construction of the U.S.S. Monitor included a money back guarantee if the ship was unable to steam at 8 knots for 12 miles.
- Quoc Hoc High School, in Hue, Vietnam, was the alma mater not only of the Vietnamese communist leaders Ho Chi Minh, Vo Nguyen Giap, and Pham Van Dong, but also of their most effective opponent, nationalist leader Ngo Dinh Diem.
- Militiamen comprised c. 88-percent of the American troops on active duty during the War of 1812.
- At the Battle of Koniggratz (3 July 1866), King Wilhelm I of Prussia interfered so often in the conduct of operations, that Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, present as an observer, is said to have given the royal steed a swift kick in the rump, causing it to panic and run from the field, thereby removing the king from the scene long enough for army commander Helmuth von Moltke to win the battle.
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