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September 6th, 2011, 02:41 AM
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#11 | | Guardian Knight
Joined: Oct 2010 From: USA Posts: 7,792 |
Pheidippides, for creating the marathon.  | | | 
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September 6th, 2011, 04:24 AM
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#12 | | Epicurean
Joined: Mar 2009 From: Texas Posts: 23,926 |
Benedict Arnold.
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September 6th, 2011, 08:58 AM
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#13 | | Lecturer
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 442 |
William Travis?
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September 6th, 2011, 09:27 AM
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#14 | | Epicurean
Joined: Mar 2009 From: Texas Posts: 23,926 | Quote:
Originally Posted by bil73  William Travis? | Yep, painfully, I have to say yes. 
Of course dying played a part in shortening his future
in the new Republic.
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September 6th, 2011, 11:39 AM
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#15 | | Creature of the Night
Joined: Nov 2007 From: Alba Posts: 7,628 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Salah ad-Din Andrew de Moray, William Wallace's virtually forgotten lieutenant who died of wounds he suffered at Stirling Bridge. | He wasn't a one shot wonder, nor was he Wallace's lieutenant. He was lthe leader of a far more successful but largely ignored resistance in the North of Scotland, he was also a professional soldier. After Stirling Bridge both Wallace and he were appointed Guardians of Scotland.
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September 6th, 2011, 11:45 AM
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#16 | | Ex Cold War Warrior
Joined: Mar 2011 From: North East England Posts: 3,047 |
Santa Anna?
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September 6th, 2011, 02:58 PM
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#17 | | Cutting your grass
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 5,702 |
Gavirol Princip
I think we have a winner at least for the 20th century anyway.
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September 6th, 2011, 03:48 PM
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#18 | | Epicurean
Joined: Mar 2009 From: Texas Posts: 23,926 | Quote:
Originally Posted by SPERRO Santa Anna? | Not really. He was president of Mexico eleven times,
fought the French in the "Pastry War" of 1838 and Americans
in 1846 after the loss of Texas in 1836.
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September 6th, 2011, 11:26 PM
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#19 | | миротворец
Joined: Jul 2009 From: Bulgaria Posts: 8,694 |
It is so strange that a man like Patton, who survived both World war's, died from a car accident.
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September 7th, 2011, 05:14 AM
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#20 | | Epicurean
Joined: Mar 2009 From: Texas Posts: 23,926 | Quote:
Originally Posted by sturm It is so strange that a man like Patton, who survived both World war's, died from a car accident. | Very unfitting type of death for the type of person he was.
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