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• John Basilone

  John Basilone served in the United States Army, then enlist in the Marine Corps just before the outbreak of WWII. He earned a Medal of Honor on Guadalcanal, conducted war bond tours stateside, and gave his life on Iwo Jima. This is the story of John Basilone - perhaps the greatest United States Marine to ever where the uniform. Sources https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2005-11-18/pdf/CREC-2005-11-18-pt1-PgS13334-2.pdf https://homeofheroes.com/heroes-stories/world-war-ii/john-basilone/ Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Basilone,_September_1943_(10931006014).jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Blarney Stone

  By kissing the famed blarney stone a person is said to be imbued with the gift of gab. But what is the story behind his fanciful tale? Did the stone come from the Holy Land? Or Scotland? Did it involve Queen Elizabeth or Robert the Bruce? This is the story of the Blarney Stone. Sources https://blarneycastle.ie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blarney_Stone Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kissing_the_Blarney_Stone_1897.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• James Holman - the Blind Traveler

  From 1819 to 1846, James Holman traveled throughout the world - going to every continent - except Antarctica - and circumnavigating the globe. It’s estimated he traveled 250,000 miles in his days - making him one of the most well-traveled people in the world. And the even more amazing thing is that Holman was blind. This is the story of James Holman, the Blind Traveler. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Holman https://explorersweb.com/legends-series-james-holman/ "A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler" by Jason Roberts Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James.Holman.by.George.Chinnery.1830.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• H.L. Hunley

  During the American Civil War a group of inventors and privateers got together to build a submarine. The result was the H.L. Hunley. Launched in 1864, the Hunley would go on to be the first submarine in history to sink an enemy vessel. It then disappear without a trace for 130 years. This is the story of the H.L. Hunley. Sources https://www.history.navy.mil/research/underwater-archaeology/sites-and-projects/ship-wrecksites/hl-hunley.html https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/hl-hunley Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Hunley#/media/File:Conrad_Wise_Chapman_-_Submarine_Torpedo_Boat_H.L._Hunley,_Dec._6,_1863.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Hoover Flight Promotion Fiasco

  In 1992, one of Great Britain’s most revered and trusted brands - Hoover - began a marketing campaign giving away two plane tickets to the United States - a value of 600 pounds at the time - if you bought at least 100 pounds worth of appliance products. If that seems like an insanely bad idea - you are right. This is the story of the Hoover Flight Promotion - perhaps the most costly and catastrophic marketing campaign in history. Sources https://thehustle.co/the-worst-sales-promotion-in-history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_free_flights_promotion Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Hoover_vacuum_cleaner_illustration%2C_1919.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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