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Meet the 700-pound pig who raised $19 million for the Navy in WWII
By war’s end, King Neptune had brought in over $19 million for the Navy — roughly $320 million today.
That time British sailors sang Monty Python as their ship burned
Always look on the bright side of life.
That time a helo crew dropped greased pigs onto an aircraft carrier
In the video, three pigs can be seen being released from the helo onto the flight deck of the Kennedy, as bewildered sailors give chase.
This Marine ruled as the king of a Haitian island for three years
Sgt. Faustin Wirkus’ ascent from a poor 'breaker boy' — separating coal from slate — to king, is the stuff of Marine Corps legend.
Black soldiers honored by name at Civil War battlefield
Flags were placed at the graves of 13 Black soldiers killed in an 1864 massacre at Ross Landing, Arkansas, buried as unknowns but recently identified.
By Emily Wagster Pettus, The Associated Press