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...hear stories of the soldiers who fought and died there, including those of the black troops, who played a major role in the fighting. "U.S. Colored Troops figured into the Crater [battle] more than you would think if you saw the movie," says John Coski, historian at Richmond's Museum of the Confederacy. One black Union regiment was trained to lead the charge in the battle after the gunpowder exploded. The soldiers were specifically told not to run into the crater that would form from the explosion; instead, they were to go around the hole. Before the battle, they sang...
...kill their own people, as well as aid workers and coalition soldiers, is terrorists. Calling them insurgents makes it sound as if they have something legitimate to offer their people as an alternative to American occupation. Violence and death are not much of an option. Dan Robbins Richmond...
...kill their own people, as well as aid workers and coalition soldiers, is terrorists. Calling them insurgents makes it sound as if they have something legitimate to offer their people as an alternative to American occupation. Violence and death are not much of an option. DAN ROBBINS Richmond...
...which was lacking in Oslo and is lacking in the Road Map. Neither side will be happy, but compromises are not about making one side happy over the other. The United States should support it for no other reason than to jump-start the peace talks. Frederick H. Marsh Richmond...
DIED. CHARLES BROWN, 82, understated former chairman and CEO of American Telephone & Telegraph Co. (AT&T), who headed the company during the historic breakup of Ma Bell; in Richmond, Va. Brown, who spent his entire 40-year career at the company, opposed the breakup. But in 1982 he and his board settled an antitrust suit that split the world's largest company into eight parts--AT&T, with a long-distance and phone-equipment business, and seven Baby Bells...