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October 31 in U.S. military history

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

1909: U.S. Army Lt. (future brig. gen.) Frederick Erastus Humphreys becomes the first Army aviator to solo in a heavier-than-air

1812: The frigate USS United States under the command of Capt. (future commodore) Stephen Decatur — hero of Tripoli and