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Tagged: US Army

Polar Bears & Bolsheviks: American Intervention in the Russian Civil War, 1918–1920 | Episode 271

Following the Bolshevik Revolution and Russia signing a separate peace with Germany, the Allied nations launched a military intervention to try to topple the new Soviet government. A small force …

  • Brooklyn Army Terminal
  • Virtual Programs
  • World War I

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Elvis Has Left The Country: Pvt. Presley and the Brooklyn Army Terminal | Episode 243

On September 22, 1958, 23-year-old US Army Private Elvis Presley boarded troop transport USS General George M. Randall at the Brooklyn Army Terminal to begin his 17 months of military service in Germany. Though …

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Downhill Skiing in America: Schussing Through History | Episode 187

Hit the slopes with us as we explore the history of downhill skiing in the United States. We will look at the introduction of modern skiing by Norwegian immigrants, the …

  • Prospect Park
  • Virtual Programs
  • World War II

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Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: Stanislaw Kozikowski

Stanislaw Kozikowski (1895–1967) Stan Kozikowski came to fame as a young man in the First World War, but spent much of his life as an unheralded machinist in the Brooklyn Navy …

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Homing Pigeons Return to Brooklyn Navy Yard After 115-Year Absence with “Fly By Night”

After a hiatus of 115 years, a vast squadron of homing pigeons has returned to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This weekend marks the opening of Fly By Night, an ambitious …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Waterfront
  • World War I

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