Thursday, January 08, 2009

This Day in History: 1964

President Lyndon B. Johnson declares his "war on poverty."

Armed with cardboard-fortified shopping carts and pickle jars full of urine, the U.S. Army's homeless adversaries proved to be no match for the most powerful military force in the world, as they were swiftly overwhelmed in the fastest military operation in the history of the American Armed Forces.

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