Saturday, December 18, 2004

   
   
[1865 - Thirteenth Amendment to Constitution ratified by 27 of then 36 states]

neither slavery nor involuntary servitude... shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

   
[1916 - End of WW-I Battle of Verdun]
When the Battle of Verdun ended after ten months, 650,000 lives had been lost.
The fronts of the Allied and German forces were in about the same place they had been before the battle began.

   
   
[1965 - River Patrol Force (Task Force - 116) established in Vietnam Delta]
A first rate fighting force in an unnecessary, third rate war.

William has nothing to add to the events depicted above at this time.

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