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June 4 in U.S. military history

1919: U.S. Marines land in Costa Rica to protect American interests when the government is overthrown by a coup. 1934:

1779: Maj. Gen. Benedict Arnold’s court martial begins in Philadelphia, but the trial is immediately postponed when Lt. Gen. Sir

1862: As Gen. George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac attempts to cross the swollen Chickahominy River just east of Richmond,

1917: U.S. Army Gen. John J. “Black Jack” Pershing is named commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary Force, which is destined

1942: Having broken the Japanese naval code, the Navy secretly prepares for the expected Japanese invasion of Midway. Two companies