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Saturday, November 7th
| 1811: | A force of 1,000 men under Governor (of the Indiana Territory) and General William Henry Harrison defeated with some difficulty-- a larger group of Indians under the Shawnee leader Tecumseh near their capital on Tippecanoe Creek, located in farm country just northeast of the present-day city of Lafayette, IN., between Indianapolis and Chicago off I-65. The Indians were trying to prevent the further westward movement of white settlers. The battlefield, a narrow, triangular shaped site perhaps three times the length of the CASCOM building, is still preserved as a state park. Near forty years later, Harrison was inaugurated as the ninth president of the U.S., largely on the strength of that long-ago victory. He survived exactly 30 days in office, then died of pneumonia. |
| 1942: | American forces under GEN Dwight D. Eisenhower landed in Algeria (Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers) as part of Operation Torch. Their objective (ultimately successful), was to drive German troops east, forcing them out of North Africa with the considerable support of the oncoming British Eighth Army forces under GEN (later Field Marshal) Bernard Law Montgomery, who was moving west, across Libya from Egypt. |
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| Veteran Health Alert | | | |
| Military veterans need to be aware of the hazard that mesothelioma poses. Mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive cancer known only to be caused by asbestos exposure. Asbestos exposure was common aboard naval vessels and other within other military installations. Options for mesothelioma treatment are limited but technology and therapies are emerging that can extend life and promote the discovery of a cure. |
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