A Brief History On March 13, 1963, a career criminal was taken into the custody of history! Digging Deeper Digging deeper, we find Ernesto Miranda, born March 9, 1941 in Mesa, Arizona beginning a (short) life of crime by the 8th grade. Arrested for numerous crimes such as burglary, robbery, auto theft, and sex offenses, Miranda was in and out of juvenile and then adult confinement. At age 22 he had kidnapped and raped a 17 year old girl when police spotted him driving a car matching the suspect car’s description. Upon his arrest, police interrogated Miranda and received a written…
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Major Dan
Major Daniel Zar is a retired veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He served during the Cold War and has traveled to many countries around the world. Prior to his military service, he graduated from Cleveland State University, having majored in sociology. Following his military service, he worked as a police officer eventually earning the rank of captain prior to his retirement.
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A Brief History On March 12, 1940, an epic battle of a David against a Goliath ended in a draw! Or did it? Read on for the our exciting sequel to “The Start of the Winter War: Finland Humbles the Russian Bear”! Digging Deeper Digging deeper, we find the “Winter War” between the gigantic Soviet Union (one of the largest countries the world has ever known) and Finland, much smaller and with far fewer people. The Soviets had taken advantage of their “non-aggression” pact with Hitler’s Germany to make land grabs of their own in Poland, the Baltics, and in…
A Brief History On March 11, 2012, a single US Army sergeant did more to hurt the US war effort in Afghanistan than all the politicians and generals combined! Robert Bales killed 16 or 17 Afghan civilians in the incident known as the Kandahar Massacre. NOTE: The number of victims killed has been reported as either 16 or 17. Many articles from 2012 have the death toll as 17 whereas later articles reduced the number to 16. Digging Deeper Digging deeper, we find a deeply disturbed Staff Sergeant Robert Bales based in Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. It is worth…
A Brief History On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray pled guilty to the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., he claimed he did not commit only 3 days later! Digging Deeper Digging deeper, we find the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. shot to death by a sniper on April 4, 1968 while standing on the balcony of his Memphis hotel. In the ensuing frantic search for the perpetrator, a rifle owned by Ray was found across the street and Ray was quickly identified as a suspect. A convicted armed robber, Ray was an escapee from prison in 1967 with…
A Brief History Earlier today, we included an article on “The Deadliest Bombing Raid of All Time,” when on March 9, 1945, the Japanese capital of Tokyo was bombed with high explosive and fire bombs killing perhaps 100,000 people and laying waste to one of the world’s largest cities. Here we have a list of 10 men who are famous or infamous in the field of military bombing from the air. One is from a motion picture, the others are all quite real. So, let us count down the top 10 famous/infamous bombers in military history… Digging Deeper 10. Giulio…