Nelson Appleton Miles Lieutenant General, United States Army, one of the most colorful soldiers ever to serve in the United States Army. Unfortunately for his place in history, the image obscured a record of notable achievement. He came to the frontier army in 1866 without West Point credentials but with an extraordinary Civil War record. The end, at the age of 85, could not have been more fitting. In the spring of 1925, he took his grandchildren to the circus. The band played the National Anthem. Standing erectly at attention, rendering the military salute to the flag, he collapsed with a heart attack.
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Nelson Appleton Miles Lieutenant General, United States Army, one of
the most colorful soldiers ever to serve in the United States Army. Unfortunately for his place in history, the image obscured a record of notable achievement. He came to the frontier army in 1866 without West Point credentials but with an extraordinary Civil War record. The end, at the age of 85, could not have been more fitting. In the spring of 1925, he took his grandchildren to the circus. The band played the National Anthem. Standing erectly at attention, rendering the military salute to the flag, he collapsed with a heart attack.
Miles! Sosem birtad a komoly zenét. Emléked örökké kisért, nyugodj békében öreg harcos!
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