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June 21, 2023
Dr. Earl R Fox: The last WWII Veteran Still on Active Duty in the US Armed Forces
On November 11, 1999 The Washington Post reported: “Two weeks ago Captain Earl R Fox learned that he is the last world war II veteran still on active duty in the US armed forces.” The Post wrote that Fox described himself as “the last direct physical link between today’s military and the warriors of Midway, Normandy and Iwo Jima.”
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John M Browning: The Father of Modern Firearms
Well known among people who study the history of firearms, John Moses Browning’s achievements are far less understood by the general public.
USS Holland: The Navy's First Submarine
USS-Holland, generally recognized as the first modern submarine to be adopted by a major Navy, was a forerunner of the technology that is still central to naval warfare today. But its designer, John Philip Holland, would be nearly forgotten.
