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The Story of William Garrison Payne, The U.S. Navy’s first Black Commissioned Officer
The hidden story of the U.S. Navy’s first Black commissioned officer spans five decades, three continents, two world wars, ...
WWII sailor from Allentown landed troops on Pacific islands
As Japanese guns on Peleliu blazed, 19-year-old Matt Gutman steered his boatload of Marines toward ... The sailor from ...
On This Day: Americans elect Lincoln to second term
In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five ...
Navy contractor ‘Fat Leonard’ who was behind one of US military’s largest corruption scandals sentenced to 15 years in prison
The mastermind behind the decade-long bribery scheme and one of the largest corruption scandals in US military history that brought down dozens of Navy officials has been sentenced to 15 years in ...
'Fat Leonard' mastermind behind largest corruption scandal in US military history sentenced to 15 years
Former military defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis, aka "Fat Leonard," was sentenced for masterminding one of the ...
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Why Africa should be cautious about celebrating Kemi Badenoch’s election
The expression, “Here we go again,” ran across my mind as I processed the enthusiastic effusions of some Africans, especially ...