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Sea unearths secret Nazi bunkers that lay hidden for more than 50 years | Mail Online

Citation added: August 4th, 2008, 5:37 pm
The bunkers were found in practically the same condition as they were on the day the last Nazi soldiers left them, down to the tobacco in one trooper‘s pipe and a half-finished bottle of schnapps.
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Soldiers in Helmand unearth British rifles lost in 1880 massacre - Asia, World - The Independent

Citation added: June 26th, 2008, 6:12 pm
Rare Martini-Henry rifles lost in the bloody defeat at Maiwand in July 1880 have been retrieved 128 years later by troops fighting the Taliban and al-Qa'ida in Helmand province.
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Robbins rallies 'round Richmond cannons

Citation added: January 29th, 2007, 3:33 pm
John "Jay" Robbins, a local historian and former town manager, stepped forward Friday to assert that the cannons in front of the Emerson-Lane American Legion Post 132 need to be recognized as a Civil War monument — and remain in town.
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Cannon battle may head to court

Citation added: January 24th, 2007, 11:30 am
Two veterans' organizations fighting for possession of a pair of bronze Civil War cannons are squaring off in preparation for the next skirmish, which could take place in court.
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A battle over Civil War history

Citation added: January 23rd, 2007, 12:36 pm
"They had them up there on the grounds," he said. "At the time, one of the post members worked at Togus, and he said they had a couple of cannons up there. Anyway, I picked them up, brought them down one at a time in my dump truck."
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