Execution of Nathan Hale
On this date in the Revolutionary War, a young Continental Army officer named Nathan Hale was hanged by the British in New York after being captured while gathering intelligence behind enemy lines.
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Isadore S. Jachman
A Jewish paratrooper from Berlin who met the Battle of the Bulge head-on to save his men
John Paul Jones off Flamborough Head
Three years later, on the same date of the calendar, an American naval squadron under Captain John Paul Jones fought one of the most celebrated sea battles of the war off the English coast near Flamborough Head.
March on Yorktown begins
One year later, on September 28th, 1781, a combined American and French army moved out from around Williamsburg and advanced toward British positions at Yorktown, Virginia.
Meuse-Argonne Offensive opens
On September 26th, 1918, the American Expeditionary Forces launched the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the largest United States campaign of the First World War and one of the biggest in the nation’s military history.
Operation Linebacker
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.
Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
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.
Seoul recaptured in Korean War
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.
USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere
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.
William Arthur Shomo
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.
Yalta Conference
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.
Avro Vulcan
A delta-wing strategic bomber developed for Britain’s nuclear deterrent force and first flown in 1952.
Douglas F5D Skylancer
An enlarged supersonic naval fighter development of the Skyray that reached flight test but not production.
English Electric Canberra
A high-altitude twin-jet light bomber that entered RAF service in 1951 and became one of the most widely used postwar bomber designs.
Fairey Gannet
A carrier-based turboprop anti-submarine aircraft using the distinctive Double Mamba powerplant.
Fokker Dr.I
A highly maneuverable German triplane fighter introduced in 1917 and closely associated with several German aces, though produced in relatively limited numbers.
Gloster Javelin
A twin-engine delta-wing all-weather interceptor developed to defend the United Kingdom against high-altitude bomber attack.
Handley Page Victor
A crescent-wing strategic bomber developed as one of Britain’s three V-bomber families.