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2021

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Abimael Guzmán, Shining Path Insurgency Leader in Peru dies

Abimael Guzman, brutal leader of Peru’s Maoist Shining Path guerrillas, blamed for one of the bloodiest insurgencies in Latin America, died Saturday in a military prison, his lawyer told AFP. He had been serving a life sentence in the maximum security prison at the Callao naval base near Lima. Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL)  aka – …

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Eddie Slovik, 1920-1945, the only Soldier to be executed since the Civil War.

From the Jewish Virtual Library Eddie Slovik, a private in the United States Army, was the last U.S. solider to be executed for desertion.  Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme allied commander, personally ordered the execution during the closing days of World War II to deter other potential deserters. Slovik was court-martialed for desertion under fire and sentenced to death …

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Lessons Learned From 1975 Mayaguez Incident

Members of Company D, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines board the SS Mayaguez in May, 1975. Gas masks were worn because the Air Force had bombed the ship with tear gas canisters. DEC. 11, 2018 | BY DAVID VERGUN On May 12, 1975, just days after South Vietnam’s capital of Saigon fell, Khmer Rouge forces seized the American …

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The Last Battle of the Vietnam War: Mayaguez Incident

The Last Battle of the Vietnam War: Mayaguez Incident by Mike Benge Two weeks after the fall of Saigon, on May 12, 1975, Khmer Rouge in an American-made PCF Swift gunboat seized the U.S. merchant ship SS Mayaguez and its crew in Cambodian waters. After the U.S. withdrawal from Viet Nam and the abandonment of the three …