[Featured image: The Apollo 13 crew, from left to right, are Commander James A. Lovell Jr., Command Module Pilot John L. Swigert Jr. and Lunar Module pilot Fred W. Haise …
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[Featured image: USS Thresher (SSN-593) underway] 1778: The sloop-of-war USS Ranger sets sail from the port of Brest, France for action along the British and Irish coasts. Under command of …
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[Featured image: A captured Japanese photo showing prisoners on the Bataan Death March having to carry their comrades in litters. (National Archives image)] 1865: The war lost, Confederate Gen. Robert …
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[Featured image: a chromeolithograph of the Battle of Shiloh. (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)] 1862: As Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s 42,000-man force marches for the rail center of …
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[Featured image: A 13-in. mortar of the Connecticut Heavy Artillery during the Siege of Yorktown. (Library of Congress photo)] 1862: On the same ground where the Continental Army defeated Lord …
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[Featured image: The rigid airsip USS Akron on her maiden voyage in 1931. (U.S. Naval Historical Center photo)] 1933: During a storm off the coast of New Jersey, the Navy’s …
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[Featured image: Richmond, Va. after the Evacuation Fire. (National Archive photo)] 1865: A day after the Confederate government evacuates by rail, Union troops march into the Confederate capital of Richmond, …
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[Featured image: B-29 “Superfortress” bombers in formation.] 1781: Off the coast of France, the frigate USS Alliance captures two British privateers – the brigs Mars and Minerva – off the …
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[Featured image: President Ronald Reagan seconds before he is nearly assassinated in front of a Washington hotel. Second from the left is Secret Service agent Jerry Parr, Press Secretary James …
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[Featured image: The now-retired Lockheed F-117A “Nighthawk” stealth fighter.] 1794: President George Washington signs “An act to provide a naval armament,” authorizing the construction of six frigates. In 1797 USS …