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On April 25th: 1945-American and Russian forces linked up on the Elbe River in the waning days of the Second World War in Europe. On April 26th: 1607-An expedition of English colonists went ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia to establish the first permanent English settlement in North America. On April 27th: 1805-A force of U.S. Marines captured the city of Derna, on the shores of Tripoli, during the first Barbary War. On April 28th: 1758-James Monroe, Secretary of War...read more
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On April 18th: 1775-Paul Revere began riding from Charlestown to Lexington, Massachusetts to warn American colonists that the British were coming. On April 19th: Armed primarily with little more than pistols and revolvers and sparse ammunition, thousands of Jewish inhabitants of the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland begin an uprising against the Nazis. On April 20th: 1972-John Young (Captain, US Navy, Retired) and Charles Duke Jr. (Brigadier General, US Air Force, Retired) land their...read more
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On April 11th: 1945-American troops from the 6th Armored Division and 83rd Infantry Division liberate Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. On April 12th: 1861-The American Civil War begins as Confederate forces under the command of General P.G.T. Beauregard fire more than 4,000 shells upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. On April 13th: 1970-An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft explodes. The damage to the moon-bound craft, carrying US...read more
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On April 4th: 1949-President Harry Truman and the leaders of eleven other Western nations sign a treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). On April 5th: 1869-Daniel Bakeman, the last known surviving Veteran of the American Revolutionary War, died at the age of 109. On April 6th: 1909-Rear Admiral Robert Perry and Matthew Henson succesfully lead an expedition to the North Pole. On April 7th: 1862-Union forces under the command of Major General Ulysses S. Grant defeat...read more
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On March 28th: 1969-Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States and Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II, died at the age of 78. On March 29th: 1973-The last American troops left Vietnam, bringing to a close the United States' direct military involvement in the Vietnam War. On March 30th: 1981-President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by a gunman, John Hinckley Jr., who also shot and wounded White House news secretary James Brady, a...read more
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"The past is always a rebuke to the present."-Robert Penn Warren "A country without a memory is a country of madmen."-George Santayana "History is philosophy teaching by example and also by warning."-Lord Bolingbroke "If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation."-Lord Acton "Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of...read more
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Last week, I attended the Military Institute On the Prosecution of Sexual Violence held at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington D.C. More than fifty Army criminal prosecutors (and one very high speed Marine) came together from around the globe to attend this very important training. We have all heard the phrase 'no means no.' But far more is needed to protect against sexual assault and rape. It also means no if a person...read more
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Growing up in east central Pennsylvania with a dad who was a long-time high school history teacher, it should be no surprise that Gettysburg was a regular vacation spot for my family. In fact, visiting the battlefields and museums of Gettysburg became a kind of annual pilgrimage for us. Over the years, the bookshelves at my parent's home have become filled with books recounting the history of the Civil War. Perhaps the most compelling of those books are those which recount the...read more
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Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints! My team didn't make it to the playoffs this year but since my team is the Pittsburgh Steelers (six Super Bowl championships), I can't be greedy. I remember growing up and seeing Saints games (on the few occasions when the NFL actually broadcast one of their games) and watching their poor fans sporting paper bags over their heads and referring to their beloved team as the "Aints." It is nice to see that the "S" has...read more
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Charles Maurer
| Affiliation: | Active Duty |
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| Rank: | Captain |
| Branch: | Judge Advocate General |
| MOS/AOC: | 27A Judge Advocate |
| Location: | Fort Lee, VA |
| Hometown: | Pottsville |
About Me: I am looking forward to offering what will hopefully prove to be a somewhat unique perspective on Army life as I have been a Soldier in two somewhat different eras. I initially entered active duty with the US Army in the summer of 1988 and served as a parachute rigger in the 82nd Airborne Division, including service in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. I left the Army shortly after returning from the Persian Gulf War and after an absence of approximately seventeen years, I returned to the Army as a lawyer in the summer of 2008, nearly twenty years after my first enlistment.
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