This Day in Military History

Today’s post is in honor of Lance Cpl. Brian P. Parrello, who was killed by enemy action on this date in 2005 in Iraq’s Anbar province. The 19-year-old native of …

Today’s post is in honor of 1st Sgt. Tobias C. Meister, who was killed by an improvised explosive device on this day in 2005 in Asadabad, Afghanistan. Meister, 30, of …

Today’s post is in honor of Air Force Capt. David I Lyon, who was killed on this day in 2013 by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in Kabul, Afghanistan. The …

Today’s post is in honor of Spc. Jason M. Johnston, who was killed by an improvised explosive device in Arghandab, Afghanistan on this day in 2009. The 24-year-old from Albion, …

Today’s post is in honor of Lance Cpl. Kenneth A. Corzine, who on this day in 2010 died of wounds sustained in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. The 23-year-old from Bethalto, Ill. …

Today’s post is in honor of Lance Cpl. Ryan L. Mayhan, who was killed during combat operations in Iraq’s Anbar province on this day in 2006. The 25-year-old from Hawthorne, …

Today’s post is in honor of Sgt. Steven Checo, who was killed during a firefight in Ivo Shkin, Afghanistan on this day in 2002. The 22-year-old from Bronx, N.Y. was …

Today’s post is in honor of Pfc. Charles E. Bush Jr. who was killed by an improvised explosive device in Balad, Iraq on this day in 2003. Bush, a 43-year-old …

1902: Pres. Theodore Roosevelt orders Adm. George Dewey to take the U.S. North and South Atlantic Squadrons and sail to Venezuela, in order to prevent blockading European navies from waging …

Today’s post is in honor of Staff Sgt. Kimberly A. Voelz, who was killed while trying to defuse an improvised explosive device in Iskandariyah, Iraq on this day in 2003. …