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The Last Evacuation of Us Troops

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC provides photograhs and narrative describing the fall of Saigon, Vietnam on 30 April 1975, when the last Marines were evacuated from the U.S. embassy roof and the incoming North Vietnamese Army smashed through the gates of the...
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Nva Tanks Smash Through the Palace Gates

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC provides photograhs and narrative describing the fall of Saigon, Vietnam on 30 April 1975, when the last Marines were evacuated from the U.S. embassy roof and the incoming North Vietnamese Army smashed through the gates of the...
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Triumphant Soldiers Raise the Flag

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC provides photograhs and narrative describing the fall of Saigon, Vietnam on 30 April 1975, when the last Marines were evacuated from the U.S. embassy roof and the incoming North Vietnamese Army smashed through the gates of the...
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Burning Truck

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC provides photograhs and narrative describing the fall of Saigon, Vietnam on 30 April 1975, when the last Marines were evacuated from the U.S. embassy roof and the incoming North Vietnamese Army smashed through the gates of the...
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South Vietnamese Uniforms Lie Discarded in the Street

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC provides photograhs and narrative describing the fall of Saigon, Vietnam on 30 April 1975, when the last Marines were evacuated from the U.S. embassy roof and the incoming North Vietnamese Army smashed through the gates of the...
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War Times Journal: The Guadalcanal Campaign

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of the Guadalcanal Campaign in August and September, 1942. Of particualr interest are the animated maps showing troop movements of both the U.S. Marines and the Japanese Army.
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Naval Historical Center: Quasi War With France

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief explanation of the role the newly developed Navy played in the Quasi-War.
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Map 45: The Korean Conflict 1950 1951

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed history of the Korean War from a larger work on U.S. military history: the decision to go to war, the military engagements, the stalemate, and the aftermath. [Maps included but photographs from the original publication are not.]
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Ellis Wool

For Students 9th - 10th
John Ellis Wool (February 20, 1784 - November 10, 1869) was an officer in the United States Army during three consecutive U.S. wars: the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War and the oldest Union general of the American Civil War. By the...
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Dogon village.com: Politics Blanche Kelso Bruce

For Students 9th - 10th
Republican U.s. Senator from Mississippi. Learn about the first Black U.S. Senator who advocated for relief for newly freed slaves, improving navigation on the rivers, and desegregation of the United States Army. He worked toward more...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Vicksburg Campaign, 1863

For Students 9th - 10th
A map detailing the Vicksburg Campaign (1863) of the American Civil War. The map shows cities and towns, roads and strategic railroads, terrain features and tributaries of the Mississippi River, and is keyed to show the march of Grant's...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Benjamin Franklin Wade

For Students 9th - 10th
Benjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade (October 27, 1800 - March 2, 1878) was a U.S. lawyer and United States Senator from Ohio. In the Senate, he was associated with the Radical Republicans of that time. Wade, along with other politicians,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sterling Price

For Students 9th - 10th
Sterling Price (September 20, 1809 - September 29, 1867) was a lawyer, politician, and militia general from the U.S. state of Missouri, an American Army general during the Mexican-American War, and a Confederate Army major general during...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Georgia: Robert Toombs House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Robert Toombs, U.S. Senator, C.S.A. Secretary of State and Confederate Army Brigadier General.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Philip Schuyler Mansion

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Philip Schuyler, general in the Continental Army and early U.S. Senator.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Virginia: Fort Monroe

For Students 9th - 10th
Fort Monroe was completed in 1834, and is named in honor of U.S. President James Monroe. Completely surrounded by a moat, the six-sided stone fort is the only one of its kind left in the United States that is still an active Army post.
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North Vietnamese Troops March Into Saigon

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC provides photograhs and narrative describing the fall of Saigon, Vietnam on 30 April 1975, when the last Marines were evacuated from the U.S. embassy roof and the incoming North Vietnamese Army smashed through the gates of the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Benjamin Harrison

For Students 9th - 10th
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 - March 13, 1901) was the twenty-third President of the United States, serving one term from 1889 to 1893. Harrison was born in North Bend, Ohio, and at age 21 moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Francis Preston Blair Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
Francis Preston Blair Jr. (1821 - 1875) was an American politician and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He served as a U.S. Senator and Representative for the state of Missouri and was the Democratic Party's nominee for...
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: General Ambrose Everett Burnside

For Students 9th - 10th
Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824 - 1881) was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator. Burnside was a Union Army general in the Civil War and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General James Abram Garfield

For Students 9th - 10th
James Abram Garfield (1831 - 1881) was the 20th President of the United States and General of the Union Army during the Civil War. Garfield was the second U.S. President to be assassinated.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Tyler Morgan

For Students 9th - 10th
John Tyler Morgan (June 20, 1824 - June 11, 1907) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, a Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, and a postbellum six-term U.S. senator from the state of Alabama.