The Essex was a R&B group formed in 1962.The founding members were with
the U.S. Marine Corps stationed in Okinawa, Japan. The female lead singer,
Anita Humes, was also a Marine. Three months after "Easier Said Than Done"
reached #1 , the group had a #12 hit with the follow-up song, "A Walkin’ Miracle"
in September 1963.

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the 
American Civil War, with the two armies suffering between 46,000 and 51,000
casualties.It is often described as the war’s turning point. Union Maj. Gen.George
Gordon Meade’s Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate Gen.
Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, endings Lee’s invasion of the North.

Major General George Gordon Mead

General Robert E. Lee

The Battle of San Juan Hill, also known as the battle for the San Juan Heights, was
a decisive battle of the Spanish-American War in Cuba. The names San Juan Hill
and Kettle Hill were names given by the Americans. This fight for the heights was the bloodiest and most famous battle of the War. It was also the location of the greatest victory for the Rough Riders (pictured below) as claimed by the press and its new commander, the future Vice-President and later President, Theodore Roosevelt. He
was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2001 for his victorious actions in
Cuba. Overlooked then by the American Press, much of the heaviest fighting was
done by African-American troops.  

San Juan Heights Blockhouse is pictured in background

Roosevelt (center) and his Rough Riders atop San Juan Hill.

Col. Roosevelt in Rider uniform

The Grumman F6F Hellcat was a carrier-based fighter aircraft developed to
replace the earlier F4F Wildcat in the U.S. Navy. The Hellcat first saw action
against the Japanese on September 1, 1943.