December 8 in U.S. military history
1941: As Japanese warplanes continue to hammer Allied bases across Asia and the Pacific, President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously declares
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Afghanistan
November 9 in U.S. military history
1822: During an anti-piracy cruise in the Caribbean, the brig USS Alligator – the third of four so-named U.S. warships
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November 7 in U.S. military history
1811: At the confluence of the Wabash and Tippecanoe Rivers, William Henry Harrison’s 1,000-man force of militia and regular infantry
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July 13 in U.S. military history
1861: Following their victory in the Battle of Rich Mountain in western Virginia two days ago, Union forces led by
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May 31 in U.S. military history
1862: As Gen. George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac attempts to cross the swollen Chickahominy River just east of Richmond,
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