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On December 6, 1917, Halifax, Nova Scotia, was shaken by the largest man-made ex…

On December 6, 1917, Halifax, Nova Scotia, was shaken by the largest man-made explosion before the atomic bomb. A French cargo ship, Mont-Blanc, carrying high explosives, collided with another vessel in the harbor. As the ship caught fire, Vince Coleman, a nearby railway dispatcher, realized a passenger train was minutes away from entering the danger […]

1st Lt. Frances Cappadocia, a registered nurse in her twenties, helped a wounded…

1st Lt. Frances Cappadocia, a registered nurse in her twenties, helped a wounded 19-year-old soldier crawl under his bed, wrapping him in his mattress. The mattress and crates filled with dirt provided extra protection during rocket attacks. For nearly 50 years, Van Skike never forgot Cappadocia, one of the nurses who cared for him in […]

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