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A National Service: Gunners In Vietnam, Mark Jamieson
A National Service: Gunners In Vietnam, Mark Jamieson
Mark Jamieson
This article provides a voice for three National Servicemen who answered the call and served in South Vietnam. The men come from 12 Field Regiment 102 'CORAL' Battery and 131 Divisional Locating Battery (131 Div Loc) of the Royal Australian Artillery.
Our Guys Were Very Good. We Were A Very Capable Battery, In Fact We Were An Arrogant Bunch. We Were Good, Mark Jamieson
Our Guys Were Very Good. We Were A Very Capable Battery, In Fact We Were An Arrogant Bunch. We Were Good, Mark Jamieson
Mark Jamieson
This thesis provides an account of the role played by seven veterans who fought in the Battle for Fire Support Patrol Base (FSPB) Coral, 12 May to 6 June 1968, in South Vietnam. The veterans interviewed are from 102 Field Battery Royal Australian Artillery and the First Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) Mortar Platoon. The veterans’ memories challenge the account given in On the Offensive: The Australian Army in the Vietnam War 1967-1968, the Official History series devoted to the Vietnam War. They believe the Official History is incorrect when it comes to four main matters: the intelligence provided to …
The Seven Spices: Pumpkins, Puritans, And Pathogens In Colonial New England, Michael Sharbaugh
The Seven Spices: Pumpkins, Puritans, And Pathogens In Colonial New England, Michael Sharbaugh
Michael D Sharbaugh
Water sources in the United States' New England region are laden with arsenic. Particularly during North America's colonial period--prior to modern filtration processes--arsenic would make it into the colonists' drinking water. In this article, which evokes the biocultural evolution paradigm, it is argued that colonists offset health risks from the contaminant (arsenic poisoning) by ingesting copious amounts of seven spices--cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom, allspice, vanilla, and ginger. The inclusion of these spices in fall and winter recipes that hail from New England would therefore explain why many Americans associate them not only with the region, but with Thanksgiving and Christmas, …
The Many Shades Of Praise: Diversity In Epideictic Rhetoric In Diplomatic Settings, Brian Maxson
The Many Shades Of Praise: Diversity In Epideictic Rhetoric In Diplomatic Settings, Brian Maxson
Brian J. Maxson
Costumed Words: Humanism, Diplomacy, And The Cultural Gift In The Italian Renaissance, Brian Maxson
Costumed Words: Humanism, Diplomacy, And The Cultural Gift In The Italian Renaissance, Brian Maxson
Brian J. Maxson
Creating Histories: Oral Narratives And The Politics Of History-Making, Wendy Singer
Creating Histories: Oral Narratives And The Politics Of History-Making, Wendy Singer
Wendy Singer