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January 24 in U.S. military history

1847: Col. Sterling Price (future major general in the Confederate Army) learns a force of nearly 2,000 Mexicans and Pueblo Indians

1870: Following the murder of a Montana rancher and his son, Col. Eugene Baker forms a band of infantry and

1944: Allied forces, including the U.S. VI Corps under the command of Maj. Gen. John P. Lucas (part of Lt.

1903: The Militia Act of 1903 – also known as the “Dick Act” (Congressman and Maj. Gen. Charles Dick authored

Today we honor six Marines killed when their CH-53D Super Stallion helicopter crashed while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan’s Helmand