The revolutionary army that forged the United States
The military has reinstated flu vaccination requirements for recruits after a localized outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas has sickened hundreds. Officials say exemptions were granted earlier in the year, but ongoing cases and a recruit death have prompted renewed vaccination efforts across basic training.
DNA testing and archival sleuthing have identified Pvt. John Pumphrey, a Continental Army private killed at the Battle of Camden in 1780, ending decades of historical anonymity just before the United States marks its 250th anniversary.