Chuck Yeager Archives – UNTO THE BREACH

December 12 in U.S. military history

1753: 21-year-old Virginia adjutant George Washington delivers an ultimatum for French forces to abandon Fort Le Boeuf (present-day Waterford, Penn.)

1941: While searching for blockade runners in the Caribbean, the cruiser USS Omaha and destroyer USS Somers spot a cargo

1862: Confederate cavalry commander Gen. James Ewell Brown “J.E.B.” Stuart completes his “second ride” around Union Gen. George B. McClellan’s

Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Pictured on the front page are three crew members of the SS Zaandam, who have

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