"Southside Virginia as used in this work consists of the counties of Greensville, Brunswick, Sussex, Prince George, Dinwiddie, Amelia, Nottoway, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Halifax, Charlotte, Prince Edward, Appomattox, Campbell, Bedford, Pittsylvania, Henry, Patrick and Franklin."--P. 3. "These southside counties contributed heavily to the settlement of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky. Descendants of those Southside...

Lorraine Zilner Rodgers was a member of The Women Airforce Service Pilots, known as the WASP, the first group of women pilots to serve the United States Army Air Force in WWII. Out of 25,000 women who applied to the program, Rodgers was one out of 1830 who were accepted. Given the task of ferrying aircraft across the country, to allow the men to be available for combat, Rodgers often had to deal with the stigma of being a woman pilot. The WASP did...

In peaceful times, the US Armed Forces are well stocked with brave men and women who voluntarily sign up to serve. However, in the event of a third catastrophic global conflict, it is possible for the U.S. government to rapidly recruit from the civilian population, thanks to the Selective Service System. In this video, we will find out where it comes from and how compulsory it really is.