[CTRL] Remember the Maine! And the Other Ships Sunk To Start a War

2000-10-16 Thread M.A. Johnson
-Caveat Lector- ~~for educational purposes only~~ [Title 17 U.S.C. section 107] Remember the Maine! And the Other Ships Sunk To Start a War by Bill Sardi February 15, 1898: "Remember the Maine." Mysterious explosion rocks the battleship MAINE in Havana Harbor, Cuba. 266 men were killed.

Re: [CTRL] Remember the Maine! And the Other Ships Sunk To Start a War

2000-10-16 Thread Prudence L. Kuhn
-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 10/16/2000 7:43:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A 1976 investigation found that the Maine was sunk due to a self-inflicted blast, probably as a result of coal bunker fire on board. Interesting this, because I met a man in Tampa

Re: [CTRL] Remember the Maine! And the Other Ships Sunk To Start a War

2000-10-16 Thread nessie
-Caveat Lector- [EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes: I guess we would be better off listening to curious teenagers than our Naval officers. Then there was the Gulf of Tonkin Incident . . . A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"www.ctrl.org/A DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion