by Bob | Feb 14, 2021 | Hidden History
Valentines Day “The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity—or it will move apart.” President Franklin D. Roosevelt To change our timeline requires changing six...
by Bob | Feb 12, 2021 | Hidden History
USS Reuben James “Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James, Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame?” The USS Reuben James was a Clemson-class destroyer, built just after World War I in 1919. Clemson-class, also known as four stackers, were the...
by Bob | Dec 23, 2020 | Hidden History
Honor Code “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.” This is one of the first things imprinted on New Cadets when they arrive at West Point for Beast Barracks. Along with such tantalizing bits as “How’s the cow?” and “How many gallons in Lusk...
by Bob | Dec 7, 2020 | Hidden History
Pearl Harbor This is excerpted from The Green Beret Guide to Seven Great Disasters II which is free today, 7 December. “Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it would not be enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii...
by Bob | Nov 2, 2020 | Hidden History
Reuben James I’d never heard of the Reuben James even though Woody Guthrie wrote a song about it. Here is what happened: Five Weeks Before Pearl Harbor; An American Warship Was Torpedoed from Bob...
by Bob | Oct 28, 2020 | Hidden History
In 1929, the 29th of October is the day the Great Depression officially began. The stock market had been going down, but this was the day of the crash that didn’t rebound. The bubble burst and it would take over a decade for the world’s economy to recover...
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