[Featured image: A U.S. warplane taking off from USS Yorktown (CV-5) shortly before the Battle of the Coral Sea.] 1873: Marines from the USS Pensacola and USS Tuscarora land at …
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1864: Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, general-in-chief of all Union forces, moves the Army of the Potomac out of their winter encampments and 100,000 Union soldiers cross the Rapidan River …
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[Featured image: the wreckage of Hot Stuff. The Eighth Air Force’s B-24 crew was the first to reach the milestone of 25 missions. 13 perish in the crash, leaving only …
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Russian Jets Buzzing US Planes is Sign of Russia’s Inferiority Complex
On April 24th, a Russian fighter engaged in yet another “unprofessional” intercept of a U.S. military plane in international airspace. The Su-27 Flanker reportedly flew within 20 feet of a …
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1863: During day two of the Battle of Chancellorsville, Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson is shot by a Confederate sentry while performing a leaders-reconnaissance mission. Following the amputation of Jackson’s …
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1898: U.S. Navy Commodore George Dewey’s Asiatic Squadron steams single file into Manila Bay and destroys the out-armored and out-gunned Spanish fleet in the Philippines. Despite the support of shore …
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[Featured image: Lockheed’s chief test pilot Louis Schalk takes off on the A-12’s maiden flight.] 1798: The U.S. Navy Department – parent company of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps …
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[Featured image: “… to the shores of Tripoli…” Lt. Presley O’Bannon leading Marines during the Battle of Derna, inspiring the famous opening line to the Marine Corps Hymn. (painting by …
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[Featured image: 2nd Lt. Kenneth M. Taylor (left) and 2nd Lt. George S. Welch (see below)- the two Curtiss P-40B Warhawk pilots who shot down eight Japanese aircraft during the …
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[Featured image: 2nd Lt. William Robertson (U.S. Army) and Lt. Alexander Silvashko (Red Army) after crossing Elbe River] 1846: When Maj. Gen. (and future president) Zachary Taylor receives reports that …