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Can you decipher? Recorded by RFE on March 10.

Moscow's mobile internet blackout sends sales of walkie-talkies, pagers & paper maps spiralling YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg

Russian papers report the consequences of Moscow’s week-long mobile internet blackout. “Sales of walkie-talkies are up 27%, sales of pagers up 73%...sales of road atlases up 170%.” Meanwhile, high oil prices mean that Russia’s “export revenues are growing.” #ReadingRussia

Exterior views of Timberline Lodge were used in The Shining (1980), Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of Stephen King's 1977 novel set at the fictional Overlook Hotel.

Back in 1978, I traveled through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India & Nepal with my best friend on the ultimate trip for any backpacker — the so-called Hippie Trail.

“On the Hippie Trail” features my journal & photos from that journey — and the paperback edition will be available 4/21!

My friend, who was 12 years old and lived near the embassy, watched the helicopters depart. He said his neighbors committed suicide.

Marine sergeant who boarded the final helicopter at the embassy compound as the Vietnam War reached its chaotic end, dies aged 88
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THAI BORDER DEAL CLOSED FORMALLY; Matsuoka Presides as Pact Is Initialed -- Haste Marks Final Stage of Parley RICE LANDS ARE INVOLVED Japanese See Victory for 'New Order in Asia' -- Vichy Explains Sur...

Mar, 12, 1941 #WWII NYT Yosuke Matsuoka registered what the Japanese call his first diplomatic victory for the "New Order in Greater East Asia” as France and Thailand accepted his adjudication. Indo-China retains the famed Angkor ruins of the Khmer civilization.
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Mar 12, 1941 #WWII The America First Committee, which has organized an opposition to intervention in the European War, under the leadership of prominent Americans, was denounced as "an organization which Adolf Hitler and his disciples in the US are using or misusing."
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Mar 12, 1941 #WWII NYT The Empire Air Training Project has surpassed all expectations. Already its first graduates, Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders among them, are fighting in the air above Britain.
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@historynevada.bsky.social Have you seen this photo?👆

The urchins are shucked next door at the Central Coast Food Web, packed in saltwater, and delivered to restaurants in Portland and Seattle. Chefs are serving uni in creative ways, from fresh on the half shell to high-end pasta dishes.

It's an aquired taste. I'll stick to Newport Mo's Clam Chowder.

Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu was given a key to Oakland during a rally in her hometown. https://www.kcra.com/article/oakland-alysa-liu-celebration-rally-march-12-olympic-gold-medalist/70630274 

Describes New Planes (Published 1941)

Mar 12, 1941 #WWII NYT New fighters and old fighters whose performance has been stepped up, new and heavier bombers and new planes from the US, one of which, designed as a bomber, proved to be an effective night fighter, were described by Sir Sinclair, Air Minister.
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Defense Department marks milestone in effort to ID WWII unknowns from Manila cemetery U.S. military officials carried out the first-ever repatriation ceremony at the Manila American Cemetery for the remains of “unknown” U.S. service members.

#WWII The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, operated by the American Battle Monuments Commission, is the world’s largest US World War II cemetery, with more than 17,200 US service members and Filipino Scouts buried there. Many of those died in the Philippines and New Guinea.

We had had a ring-neck pheasant do that. Sounded like a bomb. Dad ate it.

U.S. ARMY DIVISION IS EXPECTED TO GO TO SOUTH VIETNAM; American Officials in Saigon Are Reported Pressing Washington on Plan (Published 1965)

Mar 12, 1965 NYT Sources said today that recommendations by American officials in Saigon would probably lead to the stationing of a US Army division in South Vietnam. Few military men here voice enthusiasm about a further commitment of large numbers of American troops
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Gen. Grynkewich: "What I've observed over the course of studying air power in history is that any time you attack a civilian population, you usually end up finding that it just hardens their resolve."

By the time the last American combat troops left Vietnam in 1973, the US military had dropped some 4.6 million tons of bombs on Vietnam, destroying a large percentage of the nation’s towns and villages and killing an estimated 2 million Vietnamese people.

Operation Rolling Thunder - Definition, Vietnam War & Timeline | HISTORY Operation Rolling Thunder (Mar 2, 1965 – Nov 1, 1968) was the codename for an American bombing campaign during the Vi...

Operation Rolling Thunder was the codename for a bombing campaign during the Vietnam War. US military aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam from Mar 1965 to Oct 1968. This massive bombardment was intended to put pressure on North Vietnam’s leaders.
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Hank Ketcham’s “Dennis the Menace” first appeared 75 years ago, on March 12, 1951. Here are the first four panels. (The “Yale 66” shirt leads to number crunching: if Dennis would be 22 in 1966, that would place him around <checks math> seven years old in 1951.)

#WWII The Fresno Yosemite International Airport opened as a military airfield in June 1942. Night fighter training, using Northrop P-61s, was moved to Hammer Field in January 1944. Training for the Bell P-59 Airacomet, the first US jet produced, was added in 1944.

Report to Congress on the U.S.-South Korea Alliance - USNI News The following is the March 5, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, U.S.-South Korea Alliance: Background and Issues for Congress. From the Report In the wake of the Korean War (1950-53), the U...

Under the Mutual Defense Treaty that took effect in 1954, the US and South Korea committed to defend each other against armed attack. Today, about 28,500 US troops are stationed in South Korea. The alliance has traditionally focused on perceived threats from North Korea
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Ely performed for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. It must have been a fantastic scene!

The shows consisted of reenactments of history combined with displays of showmanship, sharpshooting, racing, or rodeo events. Each show was 3–4 hours long and attracted thousands.
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As long as it's smoking a cigar.😀

WWII Leader Churchill To Be Removed From UK Banknotes World War II leader Winston Churchill is to be dropped from the UK £5 banknote in favour of a nature scene, sparking outrage from some lawmakers who said he should not be replaced by an otter or badge...

#WWII leader Winston Churchill is to be dropped from the UK £5 banknote in favour of a nature scene, sparking outrage from some lawmakers who said he should not be replaced by an otter or badger.
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Russian schools introduce obligatory history exams, education based on "Love for the Motherland" YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg

* “Love for the Motherland.”
* New obligatory history exams.
* Messenger MAX in schools.

The Russian authorities’ approach to young people, as seen in today’s Russian newspapers. #ReadingRussia

In December 2024, Donald Trump, as president-elect, announced Kari Lake would be his choice for VOA Director. In 2026, The New York Times reported that VOA "ran stories that appeared to violate the law that mandates unbiased coverage".
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GREATER ROLE IS PLANNED FOR THE 'VOICE OF AMERICA'; State Department, Convinced That It Is Doing Good Work, Asks a Larger Fund Program's Effectiveness Reaction From Germany (Published 1951)

Mar 11, 1951 NYT With the conviction that the word, if not mightier, at least is bulkier than the sword, the Administration this week asked the American people for another $97,500,000 for waging freedom's "campaign of truth” against totalitarian's new “big lie.”
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