Chris Carter, Author at UNTO THE BREACH

November 2 in U.S. military history

1783: Gen. George Washington delivers his “Farewell Address to the Army” near Princeton, N.J., in which he refers to the

1904: The brand-new U.S. Army War College opens its doors to three majors and six captains, among them Capt. (future

1941: Although the United States has not yet entered the war, U.S. Naval vessels are serving as convoy escorts. When

1918: Famous World War I flying ace Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker shoots down his 26th – and final – enemy aircraft

1864: In a daring nighttime commando raid, Lt. William B. Cushing, piloting a torpedo-armed steam launch, slips past a Confederate