US Military History
Category: This Week in Army History
Execution & Yankee Racehorse
2,000 Days & 2 Million Passengers
Khe Sanh
Holdouts & Rationing
Crossing The Delaware
Burning Washington
Washington Takes Charge
The Army Is Here
Overlord US Military History
Sabre Supremacy?US Military History
Atomic Annie US Military History
Jet Ace & The Regulators US Military History
The Last Battle
Geronimo & Ace of Aces
Doolittle Raid
Entering WW1 & Leaving The Civil War
Operation Pegasus & Leaving Vietnam
29 MAR 1973 – With the signing of the Paris Peace Accords months before in January, the last American troops leave Vietnam. American involvement in Vietnam began in the years after WW2, aiding the French as they sought to remain in power within the country. It was in 1965 that the first ground troops, 3,500 Marines,…
Andrews Raid & USS Hornet
23 MAR 1775 – During the Second Virginia Convention Patrick Henry responds to increasingly oppressive British rule. In his speech he would famously exclaim “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”. After the signing of the Declaration of Independence he would be appointed the…
A Generation Ends & Reporting To Duty
15 MAR 1916 – In response to a perceived lack of preparedness, Congress passed the National Defense Act of 1916. The law was an update of the Militia Act of 1903 and saw the expansion of both the US Army and National Guard. It also created a reserve Officers’ and Enlisted Reserve Corps and the Reserve Officers’…