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Jean Thurel: Ninety Years a Private Soldier
by Norman DesmaraisJean Thurel, or Jean Theurel, is one of those very unusual people whose life extended over three centuries. He was born in Orain, Departement...
READ MOREJean Thurel, or Jean Theurel, is one of those very unusual people whose life extended over three centuries. He was born in Orain, Departement...
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READ MOREOn this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews historian and JAR Contributor G. Patrick O'Brien on how the news of the end of the...
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