October 20 in U.S. military history
1922: Lt. Harold R. Harris (Army Air Service) performs the world’s first emergency parachute jump when the wings of his
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Author: Chris Carter
October 19 in U.S. military history
1781: British Gen. Charles Cornwallis formally surrenders 7,087 officers and men, 900 seamen, 144 cannons, 15 galleys, a frigate, and
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October 18 in U.S. military history
1775: A small British fleet commanded by Capt. Henry Mowat bombards the town of Falmouth, Mass. (modern-day Portland, Maine), setting
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October 17 in U.S. military history
1918: Brig. Gen. William “Billy” Mitchell meets with American Expeditionary Force Commander Gen. John J. Pershing and floats the idea
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October 16 in U.S. military history
1821: The schooner USS Enterprise (the third of 12 so-named Continental and U.S. Naval vessels) intercepts a flotilla of four
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