A gambler named Fleming won $40,000 in gold coins, buried it under his cabin near Monarch, Montana — then got murdered before he could spend it. His family found a will revealing the stash. The cabin? Gone. The gold? Still missing. Is it real history or frontier folklore? The answer is more complicated than you’d think.

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What It Means To Kill in Combat

“DEFENSE ONE” By Phil Zabriskie

“The killing a country does through its soldiers is part of its fabric and identity. The less it is examined, the less a country will know about itself, its impulses, and the impact of what it has trained and dispatched its sons and daughters to do.“

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“If a war fails to achieve its stated objectives—as Vietnam did—it can make the reasons for killing even harder to accept. Some recent vets of Iraq and Afghanistan, said the psychiatrist, are already asking, “What was it all for?”

This is not to cast troops who kill in combat as victims. They should carry the weight of what they did. But they should not be forced to carry it alone. Their leadership, from the company level all the way to the Chief of Staff, is part of every killing that’s carried out. So too are the civilian architects of these wars. And the rest of us bear some responsibility as well.

The killing a country does through its soldiers is part of its fabric and identity. The less it is examined, the less a country will know about itself, its impulses, and the impact of what it has trained and dispatched its sons and daughters to do.

A more honest conversation about what war is and what war does is a good place to start. Those who [called] for boots on the ground in Iraq, Syria, or anywhere else, should be first to have it. They should understand and explain exactly what it [means] if troops are deployed, and they should press the military to give its charges tools that not only help them kill when they should, but also how to live with the killing they’ve done later in life.

More counseling must be made available as well, as part of the broader overhaul of the VA, and steps taken to remove the stigma that still exists around seeking help for the psychological wounds of war. And no one should ask a veteran if he or she has killed anybody unless they really want to hear the answer—and are prepared to listen.”

What It Means To Kill In Combat

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Phil Zabriskie, a writer living in New York, is the author of The Kill Switch. Previously, he lived and worked throughout Asia and the Middle East, including in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In the 1920s, a tiny Montana farming county became the most successful Communist stronghold in American history. Struggling wheat farmers, a bombastic newspaper editor, and a crooked sheriff turned Sheridan County into “Little Moscow” — electing Reds to every local office. Then it all collapsed. Here’s how it happened.

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Before a single gold camp appeared in Montana, a camera was already there — and the photos have vanished. The story of Montana's oldest photograph is a tale of lost daguerreotypes, a 50-year archival mistake, and a mystery no historian has yet solved. The answer may be hiding in a box somewhere right now.

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Before a single classroom existed, Helena College started in an airport hangar. From training WWII war workers to welding students today, Montana’s capital city has spent nearly a century betting on hands-on education. How a 1931 aeronautics school became a full college is a story worth knowing.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Who was Al-Masudi?

A pioneering historian who documented the Assyrian civilization and Babylonian civilization, shaping our understanding of ancient civilizations and Islamic history.

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Lithuanian History

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CSKT Bison Range welcomes first bison calf of the season
The birth marks another milestone in the tribe’s ongoing effort to bring bison back to the range.

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A borrowed train depot. A typewriter. $13,000. That’s all it took to launch what would become one of Montana’s most vital colleges. In 1967, five Flathead Valley visionaries bet that local education could change everything — and 600 students showed up on day one to prove them right.

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