Battle of Groton Heights in Connecticut
Near the end of the Revolutionary War, British forces raided the harbor town of New London, Connecticut, to burn supplies and shipping that supported the American cause.
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Battle of Jonesborough near Atlanta
As the Atlanta Campaign ground on, Union forces under Major General William T.
Creation of the Manhattan Engineer District
On August 13th, 1942, the United States Army Corps of Engineers officially established the Manhattan Engineer District, better known by the shortened phrase that would later describe the atomic bomb project. The district’s creation gave the Army formal responsibility for coordinating a vast, secret effort that drew together physicists, chemists, industrial firms, and military planners.
F-16 Fighting Falcon
A story of agility, survivability, and reach told through the pilots and maintainers who turned a lightweight fighter into a global workhorse.
First Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia
On this day delegates from twelve colonies gathered in Philadelphia to respond to what they called the Coercive or Intolerable Acts, punitive measures imposed after the Boston Tea Party.
Founding of the USO
As the world edged closer to global conflict, American leaders recognized that citizen-soldiers and long-service professionals alike would need support far beyond rifles and rations. On February 4th, 1941, several existing civilian welfare organizations joined together under a new umbrella: the United Service Organizations, or USO.
George John Hall
The fields near Anzio were bare and unforgiving—flat, freshly plowed earth broken only by shallow furrows and a few low dikes. On a May morning in 1944, Staff Sergeant George John Hall lay pressed into that thin cover with the rest of his company, the dirt shaking under the hammering of German machine guns. Every time a man tried to crawl forward, grazing fire stitched the ground in front of him. Sniper rounds cracke
Germany invades Poland
When German forces crossed into Poland on this date, they triggered a European war that would ultimately reshape American security policy.
Japan surrenders aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay
On this day representatives of Imperial Japan signed an instrument of surrender on the deck of the battleship Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay and surrounded by Allied warships.
John D. Bulkeley
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Lee’s army crosses the Potomac into Maryland
In the late summer of the Civil War, Confederate General Robert E.
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
A story of exhausted infantry, deep woods, and a final push that helped break Germany’s will to fight.
Operation Allied Force
As the twentieth century neared its end, the United States and its NATO allies faced a different kind of crisis in the Balkans. Tensions and violence in Kosovo, including the expulsion and abuse of ethnic Albanian civilians, raised alarms across Europe and North America. Diplomatic efforts failed to produce a settlement, and on March 24th, 1999, NATO launched Operation Allied Force, an air campaign aimed at pressurin
President William McKinley shot in Buffalo
At a public reception in Buffalo, New York, President McKinley was shot by an assassin, suffering wounds that would prove fatal days later.
Treaty of Paris formally ends the Revolutionary War
Two years after Yorktown, diplomats concluded the conflict on paper in a treaty signed in Paris.
“Uncle Sam” nickname first linked to the United States government
During the War of 1812, a newspaper account connected the initials “U.S.” on Army supply barrels with a contractor named Samuel Wilson of Troy, New York.
Union forces occupy Atlanta, Georgia
The day after the fighting at Jonesborough, Union troops moved into Atlanta and took control of one of the Confederacy’s most important industrial and railroad hubs.
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps created
On May 14th, 1942, in the midst of global war, the United States formally establishes the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. The new organization allows women to volunteer for service with the Army in noncombat roles such as clerks, drivers, telephone operators, and mechanics. While members are not yet fully integrated soldiers, the Corps represents a major change in how the Army taps the skills of the population.