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‎The lady circled in the photo was Lucy Higgs Nichols. She was born into slavery in Tennessee,

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  ‎The lady circled in the photo was Lucy Higgs Nichols. She was born into slavery in Tennessee, ‎ but during the Civil War she managed to escape and found her way to 23rd Indiana Infantry Regiment which was encamped nearby. She stayed with the regiment and worked as a nurse throughout the war. ‎ ‎After the war, she moved north with the regiment and settled in Indiana, where she found work with some of the veterans of the 23rd. ‎ ‎She applied for a pension after Congress passed the Army Nurses Pension Act of 1892 which allowed Civil War nurses to draw pensions for their service. The War Department had no record of her, so her pension was denied. Fifty-five surviving veterans of the 23rd petitioned Congress for the pension they felt she had rightfully earned, and it was granted. ‎ ‎The photograph shows Nichols and other veterans of the Indiana regiment at a reunion in 1898. Beloved by the troops who referred to her as “Aunt Lucy,” Nichols was the only woman to receive an hon...
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First of all, they test all of us for claustrophobia prior to selecting us as astronauts.

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  First of all, they test all of us for claustrophobia prior to selecting us as astronauts. ‎ ‎The way NASA does this is by giving you a headset with a microphone, wiring you up with a pulse monitor and then sealing you up in a big beach ball. It looks like this: ‎ ‎Then they zip up the ball, fill it with air, turn off all the lights in this small room, and close the door. Oh yeah, they don't tell you how long you will have to stay in there or let you wear a watch either. Then they simply go outside and monitor your heart rate. ‎ ‎I enjoyed this immensely. It was the only time during the entire interview week when I got to just relax. In fact, I started to fall asleep, but the observers kept waking me up over the headset, telling me that I would invalidate the test. (On the contrary, it seems to me I would validate the test results should I fall asleep, but rules are rules...) Anyway, pretty soon thereafter the door opened and they let me out. ‎
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Richard, my husband, rarely talked about his time in Vietnam.

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  Richard, my husband, rarely talked about his time in Vietnam. ‎ The only thing he ever mentioned was that he had been shot by a sniper. ‎ One of his most treasured items, though, was a grainy black-and-white 8×10 photo he had taken at a USO show—Ann-Margret in front, Bob Hope just behind her. ‎ ‎A few years ago, Ann-Margret was scheduled for a book signing at a local bookstore. Richard hoped he could ask her to sign that special photo, so he arrived at noon for a 7:30 p.m. event. When I joined him after work, the line wrapped around the store, circled the parking lot, and went behind a nearby garage. ‎ ‎Before Ann-Margret appeared, the bookstore staff announced that she would sign only her book—no photos or other items allowed. Richard was disappointed, but he still wanted to show her the photo and tell her how much those USO shows had meant to lonely soldiers so far from home.
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99 year old Dale Noble, WWII veteran of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.

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  99 year old Dale Noble, WWII veteran of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.  On September 17, 1944, exactly 81 years ago today, he made his first combat jump during Operation Market Garden. Thank you for your service, sir 🇺🇸🫡
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However, things didn’t remain very quiet after the men realized they had a stunningly attractive woman living amongst them all by herself with her husband’s whereabouts unknown.

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  Maléna was the wife of a soldier who had gone to fight in the war while she was left all by herself in a quiet village of Sicily. However, things didn’t remain very quiet after the men realized they had a stunningly attractive woman living amongst them  all by herself  with her husband’s whereabouts unknown. And soon enough, she brought out the lecher in each one of them as they tried to curry favour with Maléna every chance they got. Meanwhile, this drove the women, whose husbands were fawning all over her, crazy with jealousy. Maléna’s life became extremely difficult. On one hand, all the women turned away from her, refusing to help her with anything. On the other, all the men expected to get laid with her in return for the smallest favours. Her situation eventually got so bad she had to turn to prostitution to make a living. But the women wouldn’t have any of it. They ended up publicly humiliating her by beating her up and tearing apart her dress in front of the enti...
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Til de, der hele livet har spurgt sig selv, hvorfor i alverden man har kaldt et hav Skagerrak,

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  Til de, der hele livet har spurgt sig selv, hvorfor i alverden man har kaldt et hav Skagerrak, ‎ er der kun at sige: Fortvivl ikke. Selvom navnet tilsyneladende er uforståeligt, så kommer forklaringen her. ‎ ‎Navnet "Skagen" er et naturnavn, som refererer til en spids terrænformation i dette tilfælde Grenen. Efterleddet "rak" er hollandsk for lige farvand.
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He walked three miles into the forest to check the warning of a hungry animal.

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  He walked three miles into the forest to check the warning of a hungry animal. But when he prepared to grab his water bottle to help the dog, he suddenly understood why he had never made a sound... Agent Bennett had witnessed some of the darkest things people are capable of in his 15-year career. I thought that nothing could move him anymore. But a hiker's call about a « living skeleton»  deep in the state forest he proved otherwise. Bennett and his partner fought their way through the tangled undergrowth, far beyond any marked path. When they finally reached the clearing, they saw it: a dog so malnourished that it seemed almost transparent, brutally chained to an imposing pine tree. The dirt around him was reduced to dust, every piece of soil had been scraped by the dog until it could no longer stand. Bennett hurried closer, instinctively lifting his water bottle. He prepared himself for a growl, a bite, even a frightened moan. But the forest remained eerily silent. Then, w...
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