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A bizarre classroom ‘challenge’ where students slapped each other for wrong answers left a Navy SEAL trainee in a coma Cold War

A bizarre classroom ‘challenge’ where students slapped each other for wrong answers left a Navy SEAL trainee in a coma

The slap that nearly killed a prospective Navy SEAL happened at 10:09 a.m. on October 12, 2017, in the Donnell Classroom inside California's Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, 24 minutes after BUD/S Class 326 students handed out maps and compasses. The instruct…
bubmag
October 1, 2019
70 years ago, the Soviets tried to strangle Berlin — here’s how the West earned its first major victory of the Cold War Cold War

70 years ago, the Soviets tried to strangle Berlin — here’s how the West earned its first major victory of the Cold War

BERLIN (AP) — Berliners on May 12 celebrated the 70th anniversary of the day the Soviets lifted their blockade strangling West Berlin in the post-World War II years with a big party at the former Tempelhof airport in the German capital. Among the invited g…
bubmag
September 30, 2019