October 27 in U.S. military history
1864: In a daring nighttime commando raid, Lt. William B. Cushing, piloting a torpedo-armed steam launch, slips past a Confederate
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Cuban Missile Crisis
October 22 in U.S. military history
1951: Operation BUSTER-JANGLE, a series of low-yield atomic weapons tests in the Nevada desert, begins with the “Able” shot. Some
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October 17 in U.S. military history
1918: Brig. Gen. William “Billy” Mitchell meets with American Expeditionary Force Commander Gen. John J. Pershing and floats the idea
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Maskirovka Matters: Khrushchev Puts a ‘Hedgehog Down Uncle Sam’s Pants’
[Originally published at OpsLens.com] 56 years ago this week, the United States and Soviet Union were on the verge of
Read MoreMilitary Milestones from Humphrey’s Solo to Thornton’s Swim
In his “This Week in American Military History” series at Human Events this week, W. Thomas Smith Jr. mentions the
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