Al Nofi's CIC
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Issue #101, January 4, 2003 |
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This Issue...
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Infinite Wisdom
"Someone ought to establish a firm to insure against loss of glory in war."
-- | Generalleutnant Max Hoffman |
La Triviata
- Having no fleet of their own, the Romans nevertheless defeated a squadron of Greek pirates in 349 B.C. by establishing constant infantry patrols all along their coast, thus denying the bucaneers the ability to land.
- Because the descendants of Asad bin Al Furat, who initiated the Islamic conquest of Sicily in 827, were known as the �Banu Furat,� some Moslem �historians� have claimed that he was the progenitor of the Bonaparte family
- In the Soviet purge of 1937-1938, the Red Army lost about 22,000 officers, and the Red Air Force about 4,700.
- The only known instance of the �Patton saber� being worn as a sidearm on a dress occasion occurred in 1934, when then Col. George S. Patton wore a special nickel plated model to his daughter Beatrice�s wedding.
- During World War I annual British artillery production rose from just 91 guns in 1914 to 8,039 in 1918, an 88-fold increase, even without considered the larger calibers being produced by the later date.
- For helping to capture the Spanish ship Hermione in 1764, some privates of the Royal Marines were rewarded with �484 apiece in prize, easily 20 years� pay.
- Of 125 men from Troop A, New York Volunteer Cavalry who served during the Spanish-American War in Puerto Rico, at least 19 went on to become officers in the American Expeditionary Force during World War I.
- The first steam powered amphibious assault vessels appear to have been several paddle boats used by Turkish troops who landed at Jounie, near Beirut, Lebanon, September 9, 1840.
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