Today, the 11th November, in 1839 the Virginia Military Institute was founded in Lexington, VA. Francis Smith was the first Superintendent.
VMI is known as the West Point of the South. Unlike West Point, graduates are not obliged to join the armed forces upon graduation.
In 1851 T.J. Jackson became a professor of Arithmetic and an Artillery instructor. Fifteen of its graduates became Confederate Generals and many more Regimental Colonels. Rodes and Mahone are probably the two most famous Civil War graduates(both Major Generals). In 1864 the cadets were called upon to fight at the battle of New Market(Southern Victory). VMI was later damaged by Union forces.
George Marshall of WW2 fame, later a 5 Star General, was a graduate.
WW1 German Sub wreck found
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Just saw this. Thought it might be of interest.
Wreck of German U-boat found off coast of Stranraer - BBC News
https://apple.news/Ar4YezxpzRhC9FLfVOMFU9A -
The UK should get a few Sea Monster tokens to use around the Home Island sea zones. It can be their equivalent of kamikaze tokens.
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What a splendid idea. The UK’s shores have always found a way to prevent unwanted enemy landings and our sea monsters were, undoubtedly, the real reason.
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I like the part of the story which quotes a certain Gary Campbell as saying that it was “entirely feasible” that a large sea creature disabled the submarine. Given that Mr. Campbell is said by the story to be “the keeper of the Official Sightings Register of the Loch Ness Monster,” it’s unlikely that he’d dismiss accounts about marine monsters as being nonsensical tall tales from sailors who’d consumed one glass too many at the local tavern.
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