[Featured image: German general Anton Dostler, who ordered the execution of 15 American soldiers in Italy, before his execution by firing squad in 1945.] 1942: Rear Admiral John W. Wilcox, …
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[Featured image: Marines from Task Force Tarawa during the Battle of Nairiyah. (USMC photo) 1775: In a speech before the House of Burgesses, future Virginia governor (and colonel of the …
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[Featured image: at Edwards Air Force Base, a Navy B-29 mothership is lifted to so handlers can load the Douglas D-558-II “Skyrocket” (NASA photo)] 1820: Commodore Stephen Decatur – “America’s …
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[Featured image: USS Langley underway in 1926. Lessons learned from flying off the decks of America’s first aircraft carrier paved the way for future carriers like the Lexington Class, which …
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[Featured image: an MV-22 “Osprey” refueling before a mission in central Iraq in 2008. (U.S. Navy photo)] 1945: The aircraft carrier USS Franklin sails to within 50 miles of the …
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[Featured image: Marines (left to right), PFC J. L. Hudson, Jr., Pvt. K.L. Lofter, PFC Paul V. Parces, (top of pillbox), Pvt. Fred Sizemore, PFC Henrey Noviech, and Pvt. Richard …
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[Featured image: Pancho Villa (center) and Gen. John J. “Black Jack” Pershing (right) in 1913. On this date in 1916, Pershing leads an expeditionary force into Mexico to defeat Pancho …
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[Featured image: Pvt. Franklin E. Sigler – one of two Marines to earn the Medal of Honor on this date in 1945.] 1945: A Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster bomber …
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[Featured image: “Chips,” a military police sentry dog with the 3rd Infantry Division, earned the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, and Purple Heart during World War II. (U.S. Army photo) …
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[Featured image: an F7U-3M “Cutlass” from VFA-83 preparing to take off from the deck of USS Intrepid in 1956 (U.S. Navy photo)] 1942: President Franklin Roosevelt appoints Adm. Ernest J. …