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Operation Anaconda
Have you ever thought of thing that happen on the day you were born? Were they important, interesting, peculiar? Did they happen on the same year of did they happen in the years before you were born? I’m Tucker John Boes. I was born on March 1st, 2002. I live in Haubstadt, Indiana. I have a sister, Skylar, mom, Kelly, dad, John, and a dog, Rex. I attend Haubstadt Community School as an 8th grader.

Operation Anaconda started on my birthday March 1st, 2002. Between March 1 and March 16, 2002 1,700 airlifted U.S. troops and 1,000 pro-government Afghan militia battled between 300 to 1,000 al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters to obtain control of the valley. The Taliban and al-Qaeda forces fired mortars and heavy machine guns from entrenched
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Zachary Edward Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American filmmaker, best known for his action and science fiction films. Snyder made his feature film debut with the 2004 remake of the horror film Dawn of the Dead, which earned a good box office return and positive reviews from critics. He has gone on to be known for his comic book movies and superhero films, including 300 (2007) and Watchmen (2009), as well as the Superman film that started the DC Extended Universe, Man of Steel (2013), and its follow-ups,Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Justice League Part One (2017) and Justice League Part Two (2019).
On March 1st 1910 an avalanche caused by very heavy snowfalls and freezing conditions buried two trains in Wellington, Washington killing 96 people. Trains were buried in after they were both thrust off their tracks. and fell into a canyon . Because of the nature of the accident and the disaster, bodies were not sought for and rescued until quite a few days after it happened. Blizzard conditions were what held rescuers back the

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