From the Navy’s Birthday to Black Thursday
This Week in American Military History (by W. Thomas Smith Jr.): Oct. 12, 1862: Confederate cavalry commander Gen. James Ewell
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This Week in American Military History… Sept. 20, 1797: The Continental Navy frigate Constitution is launched in Boston harbor. Today
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The Navy took delivery of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York, which contains 7 1/2 tons of steel
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By W. Thomas Smith, Jr. Originally published at Human Events Aug. 16, 1780: The Battle of Camden (S.C.) — one
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