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Irish Volunteers
Irish (National) Volunteers, a militia founded 25 November 1913 at the Rotunda in Dublin, often seen as a direct response to an article by Eoin MacNeill in the Gaelic League paper Claidheamh Soluis. In this article nationalists were called upon to arm themselves in defence of home rule as the... Read more |
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RNVR
RNVR, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, a volunteer force of officers and men raised for service in the Royal Navy in time of war or emergency, colloquially known as the ‘wavy navy’ after the wavy gold braid worn on the sleeves of reserve officers to differentiate them from officers of... Read more |
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Jewish Brigade
JEWISH BRIGADE Established by the British war cabinet in 1944 as the only Jewish military unit to fight the Axis powers. The Jewish Brigade represented the culmination of efforts by Jews in both Palestine and the United States to create an independent Jewish fighting force. In 1939, Jews... Read more |
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Ulysses Simpson Grant
Ulysses Simpson Grant 1822-85, commander in chief of the Union army in the Civil War and 18th President (1869-77) of the United States, b. Point Pleasant, Ohio. He was originally named Hiram Ulysses Grant. Military Career Grant spent his youth in Georgetown, Ohio, was graduated from West Point in... Read more |
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Alfred Howe Terry
Alfred Howe Terry 1827-90, American general, b. Hartford, Conn. A lawyer, he led a regiment of Connecticut volunteers at the first battle of Bull Run in the Civil War. Made a brigadier general of volunteers in 1862, he took part in various operations along the S Atlantic coast in 1862-63. For his... Read more |
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American Volunteer Group
American Volunteer Group (AVG). Known as the ‘Flying Tigers’, because of the bared fangs painted on the noses of their fighters, this formation was the brainchild of Captain Chennault, a retired US Army Air Corps officer who was an adviser to the Chinese government and a colonel in... Read more |
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Volunteers of America
Volunteers of America national nondenominational organization providing a wide variety of human services as part of a Christian ministry of service. Founded (1896) by Ballington and Maud Booth (see Booth , family) after their withdrawal from the Salvation Army, the Volunteers has developed an... Read more |
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Tonton Macoutes
Tonton Macoutes [Haitian Creole,=bogeymen], personal police force of dictator Francois Duvalier (Papa Doc) of Haiti. Unpaid volunteers who were directly responsible only to Duvalier, they were given virtual license to torture, kill, and extort. They murdered hundreds of Duvalier's opponents,... Read more |
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Anglo-Irish
Anglo‐Irish War, the campaign against government forces mounted by the Irish Volunteers, now increasingly known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Conventionally dated from 21 January 1919, when nine Volunteers, including Dan Breen and Sean Treacy, killed two policemen in an ambush at... Read more |
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Enrollment Act
Enrollment Act (1863) (The Conscription Act) Daniel W. Hamilton The Union and the Confederacy armies instituted the first federal military draft in American history during the Civil War. In the wake of military losses and a shortage of soldiers, the Union resorted to a federal draft... Read more |
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Caring Readers Answer Kids' Letters to Santa
...readers, who volunteer to respond on behalf of Santa. A lot of the...breakers: "Dear Santa: I am 8 years...I love you, Santa." "Dear Santa...always dreamed of getting a train set...this year." In response to ... |
 "The Tribune (Mesa, AZ)")
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Valley companies' elves give Santa some help responding to letters.
...answering all those letters. And taking...Maria Maskell, volunteer program coordinator...organizes about 90 of Santa's helpers at...been helping Santa respond to letters...requests for Santa this year, with...personalized ... |
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Santa's elves reply to e-letters
...than let the letters to Santa...of her 27 volunteer elves. The...their Santa responses. Horn said...child that Santa knows they...reread a letter a couple...legend of Santa ... |
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Show Him You've Been Good; Mailing Santa Letters.
...Pole to help Santa and his elves...big day. Getting Mail to Santa -- Quickly...important that letters to Santa...needed on a letter to Santa...directly to letter carriers...of these ... |
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Post office, church groups respond to Santa letters
...them get a response from Santa."There...written to Santa Claus every...decorated letters with lists...year I got a letter from a little...really needy letters, and the...families volunteer to ... |
 "The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)")
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SANTA GETTING PLENTY OF MAIL
...Room. Every letter gets answered...to answer the Santa letters. Sleep and...without help from volunteers. "With 50...service's volunteer list is Happiness...help of some Santa Seniors, answer thousands of ... |
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Canada Post/Operation: Save Santa Up and Running in Ottawa!
...the weekend, volunteer postal elves in Ottawa began getting Santa's mail back...suspension of Santa's mail has...after several responses with inappropriate...messages to Santa, can rest assured...We had ... |
 "Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH)")
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Volunteer firefighters eager to service
...reason Kettering volunteer firefighters...being a Kettering volunteer firefighter...all Kettering volunteer firefighters...wife, had to be Santa Claus one Christmas...seven years; getting his early training...Miller has been a ... |
 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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POSTAL WORKERS SORT FOR SANTA.(News)
...workers and volunteers give Jolly...letters to Santa that come...heart to help Santa Claus bring...answering the letters from underprivileged...Each letter that comes...according to the response workers ... |
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Texts, Web really do allow Santa to be everywhere
...writing a letter. Now, like...phone call.Santa Claus is...flame out on Santa."Some...10,000 letters to Santa...some cheeky responses.One texter...Nick is getting near them...987,000 letters ... |
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