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Unless ye be residing under a barnacle covered rock, ye should know that today, Sept 19th, be global Talk Like a Pirate Day. Aaarrrrr!!!!!!! Almost every day represents several unofficial holidays. Where did all these days begin? The underlying idea would be well recognized in ancient Rome, and each celebration has a history all its own.
I am very excited to be on this revival of the classic History Channel show Modern Marvels. This is a special three epsiode series on engineering of WWII. Episode 1 premiers tonight, Monday, July 27 at 10/9c.
There was an entire class of Navy ships- some thirty vessels- named after Army Generals. The largely forgotten General G.O. Squier class transports did yeomans' work in an unsung role, and have an interesting history that deserves to be remembered.
If asked, rather few people would guess that the deadliest day for America in WWII took place in October, 1944, 9 months before the end of the war.
