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The Impossible Bridge: 1933-1937, The Construction of the Golden Gate.

May 29, 2023
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“Launched midst a thousand hopes and fears; Damned by a thousand hostile sneers.” Part of a poem written by head bridge engineer Joseph Strauss about the building of Golden Gate Bridge.

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By Allen Cornwell
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Terror in the North Atlantic: Nazi U-boat Attacks on American Ships.

September 17, 2017
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An illustration of a U-boat attack during World War 1. The steamer is sinking in the background, while the German crew on the U-boat watch. Painting by Willy Stöwer,1864–1931) Most Americans do not realize just how close the Germans were...

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By Allen Cornwell
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