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April 23 in U.S. military history

1778: Capt. John Paul Jones, commanding the Continental sloop-of-war Ranger, leads a daring ship-to-shore raid on the British fortress at

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

1781: Continental Army forces — including infantry, cavalry, dragoons (horse-mounted infantry), and militia – under the command of Brig. Gen.

1777: 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia, Gen. George Washington’s Continental Army establishes its winter camp at Valley Forge. 2,500 of

1783: Gen. George Washington delivers his “Farewell Address to the Army” near Princeton, N.J., in which he refers to the