Joe Hall Patton
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Charles Lucas and the First Victoria Cross

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June 26, 2020

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The Victoria Cross was created because of a confluence of a complex and nearly forgotten conflict and developments in technology. The History Guy remembers Charles Lucas, the recipient of the first Victoria Cross.

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