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Do you subscribe to JSTOR Daily? Today's issue points toward a topic I'd never considered.

"The US Army as a Slaveholding Institution" by Matthew Wills for JSTOR Daily in Politics and History

"“Servants not Soldiers”: The Origins of Slavery in the United States Army, 1797–1816" by Yoav Hamdani from the Winter 2023 issue of Journal of the Early Republic.

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JSTOR Daily · The US Army as a Slaveholding Institution - JSTOR DailyUntil the Civil War, US Army officers relied on enslaved servants even while serving in “free states.”

"Stuck on You" was #ElvisPresley's first hit single after his two-year stint in the #USArmy, reaching number one in 1960 in the US. He recorded the song during March 1960, and the single was released within weeks and went to number one on the #Billboard #Hot100 chart in late-April 1960, becoming his first number-one single of the 1960s and thirteenth overall. "Stuck on You" also peaked at number six on the R&B chart.
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Recovery Operations in Lithuania March 29 Update

More assets have been brought in to support the ongoing recovery operations for four missing U.S. Soldiers. The recovery team was joined by Polish engineers and a specialized U.S. Navy dive team to recover the M88A2 Hercules found on March 26, which remains submerged under at least 15 feet of water, clay-like mud, and silt.

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