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steve · 2107 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Forgotten Story of the American Troops Who Got Caught Up in the Russian Civil War
I'm embarrassed a little that I knew nothing about this. That cemetery is miles from my childhood home, and I've driven past it more times than I could count. I was chatting with my brother about this and he shared the following he learned while doing a research paper in college on the matter:I believe in one of the Kruschev/Nixon exchanges, the comment was made, “at least we didn’t send troops to fight in the American Revolution “ and Nixon had no idea what he was talking about