[Featured image: USS Wisconsin fires her massive 16″/50 cal Mark 7 guns, circa 1991. (U.S. Navy photo)] 1862: A day after 10,000 soldiers under the command of Brig. Gen. Ambrose …
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[Featured image: USS Growler, 1943] 1943: The submarine USS Growler (SS-215) spots the supply ship Hayasaki and begins a nighttime battle. The Japanese ship turns to ram the sub and …
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[Featured image: Senior Airman Duane Hackney is awarded the Air Force Cross – the U.S. military’s second-highest award for combat valor] 1787: Representatives of the French and U.S. governments sign …
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[Featured image: A Boeing B-47 “Stratojet” lifts off, aided by Jet-Assisted Take Off rockets] 1914: Austrian doctors examine a young Adolf Hitler, determining him unfit for service in the Austro-Hungarian …
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[Featured image: U.S. Army soldiers during the Mexican-American War (Source: U.S. Army’s Center for Military History] 1848: Representatives of the United States and Mexico sign the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, …
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[Featured Image: The crew of Space Shuttle Columbia‘s mission STS-107] 1800: The frigate USS Constellation (the first of four so-named American warships) under the command of Capt. Thomas Truxtun defeats …
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Featured image: Capt. Alan Shepard (USN) holding the American flag during the Apollo 14 mission 1865: Robert E. Lee is promoted to General-in-Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States. …
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1862: The U.S. Navy’s first ironclad ship, USS Monitor, is launched at Greenpoint, N.Y. Designed by Swedish engineer John Ericsson, the turreted gunship will make history in March when it …
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26 January: This Day in Military History
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25 January: This Day in Military History