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September 8 in U.S. military history

1740: Some 800 volunteers from the American colonies board transports to take part in the disastrous British/American colonial expedition to

Featured image: McDonnell Douglas delivers its 3,000th F-4 Phantom II on this date in 1968. By the time production ends

1812: A force of 500-600 Kickapoo, Wea, Potawatomi, Winnebago, Delaware and Shawnee warriors launch an attack on Fort Harrison. Captain

1864: Two armies under the command of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman engage Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood’s vastly outnumbered

1776: After a series of defeats by the British, Gen. George Washington’s Continental Army conducts a strategic withdrawal of Long