On This Day: USS Maine explodes, sparks Spanish-American War
On Feb. 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 260 crewmen and leading to a U.S. declaration ...
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Scourge of the Spanish American War
The U.S. Army Typhoid Board, lead by Major Walter Reed, was established to study the disaster in August 1898. The board subsequently visited the training camps and outlined sanitary measures for ...
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Metal Detecting Abandoned Army Camp from 1898! (Rough Riders)
Join the History Seekers on an extraordinary metal detecting adventure as we explore the grounds of a US Military Camp that once teemed with the hustle and bustle of soldiers preparing for the Spanish ...