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Three years later, the focus in Vietnam had shifted from large American ground offensives toward air power as the main tool for influencing events. On May 9th, 1972, the United States began a new phase of bombing known as Operation Linebacker, paired with the mining of North Vietnam’s principal harbors to cut the flow of supplies.
Jumping forward to the American Civil War, September 22nd, 1862, marked a profound shift in the Union’s war aims when President Abraham Lincoln issued the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
Finally, on September 28th, 1950, United Nations forces led by General Douglas MacArthur, alongside South Korean troops, completed the recapture of Seoul during the Korean War.
A story of a wooden frigate under fire, a nickname earned in cannon smoke, and a young navy learning it could stand toe-to-toe with the world’s best.
The morning sky over northern Luzon is deceptively calm. From the cockpit of his sleek reconnaissance Mustang, Major William Arthur Shomo scans the broken clouds, hunting for airfields and antiaircraft positions that his ground commanders need to see. His mission is straightforward on paper: an armed photographic and strafing sweep over the Aparri and Laoag airdromes, far ahead of friendly lines.
Even as troops fought through Manila’s streets, the political leaders of the major Allied powers gathered thousands of miles away to shape the end of the war and the uneasy peace to follow. On February 4th, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin opened the Yalta Conference in the Crimean resort city of the same name.
Albert Leroy David — Lieutenant (junior grade) U.S. Navy World War II Off the coast of French West Africa
Albertus Wright Catlin — Major U.S. Marine Corps Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz) Vera Cruz, Mexico
Alejandro Renteria Ruiz — Private First Class U.S. Army World War II Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands
Alexander Gordon Lyle — Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy World War I the French Front, France
Alexander Haure Turvelin — Seaman U.S. Navy Interim 1871 - 1899 Toulon, France
Alexander Peters — Boatswain's Mate First Class U.S. Navy Interim 1899 - 1910 off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
Alfredo “Freddy” Gonzalez — Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam War near Thua Thien, Republic of Vietnam
Allen Tucker — Sergeant U.S. Army Civil War Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Allexander Hand — Quartermaster U.S. Navy U.S. Civil War near Hamilton, Roanoke River, North Carolina, USA
Ambrosio Guillen — Staff Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps Korean War Songuch-on, Korea
Andrew J Smith — Sergeant U.S. Army Indian Campaigns Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory, USA
Andrew Jones — Chief Boatswain's Mate U.S. Navy U.S. Civil War Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA