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January 19 in U.S. military history

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

1803: A mere three weeks after accepting the territory from the Spanish, the French officially hand over New Orleans, the

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

Today’s post is in honor of Gunnery Sgt. Justin E. Schmalstieg who was killed while defusing a roadside bomb he

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