CrosbyPierce Crosby, born 16 January 1824 in Delaware County Pa., was appointed midshipman in 1838. He served in Decatur and Petrel in the Mexican War, and gave distinguished service in the Civil War in command of Fannie, Pinola, Florida Keystone State, and Metacomet and as fleet captain in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.

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USS Burns (DD-171/ DM-11) USS Burns (DD-171/ DM-11) was a Wickes class destroyer that was converted into a light minelayer and was based at Pearl Harbor during her ten year long service career.The Burns was named after Otway Burns, a US privateer during the War of 1812 who carried out three privateering cruises during the war.

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On this day in 2003, U.S. Army Private Jessica Lynch, a prisoner-of-war who was rescued from an Iraqi hospital, receives a hero& 39;s welcome when she returns to her hometown of Palestine, West Virginia.

Is the 1918 flu pandemic responsible for the majority of Iranian casualties during the first world war (1917-1919)? are the British (who were the a occupying power) responsible for it? (because…