Jim G Documentary Historical

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the Brotherton family feared for its survival. Father, mother and Children raced to a small ravine less than a mile from their humble cabin and lingered in the air. A Georgia heat. Their empty homes stood witness to one of the worst routes of any army during the American Civil War. At the quickstep, 23,000 Confederate soldiers stormed through an accidental break in the union battle lines. Pendleton, Oregon A remote Wild West town contributed disproportionately to American success in World War Two. In 1941 the U. S. Army Air Forces established Pendleton field units. Once based, they're engaged in the first U. S offensive action of the war against Japan and contributed to ending the global conflict. And then, in 1937 Hormel began manufacturing a product would eventually become a cultural icon. To this day, spam luncheon meat is as American as apple pie. On May 22nd 2011 a deadly tornado plowed a mile wide path through Joplin, destroying 7000 homes, a full 25% of the city. It left a death toll of 160 was a single most costly tornado in American history.