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History Matters: The B-52

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published January 21, 2020 at 7:35 AM CST
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Dr. Gary Joiner

Airs Tuesday, January 24, 2017, at 7:45 a.m. This week Commentator Gary Joiner remembers The B-52 and why it's history matters.
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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
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