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September 19 in U.S. military history

1777: The Battle of Freeman’s Farm — the first engagement in the Battle of Saratoga — opens between Continental forces

1776: Lt. Col. John Nixon, commanding the 3rd Battalion of the Philadelphia Associators militia, reads the Declaration of Independence publicly

Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER 1st Lt. Robert M. “Butcher Bob” Hanson, who notched his 25th aerial victory a week

First of a 14-part series on how two officers avoided the Japanese for 159 days and over 1,500 miles

Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Shipyards are building patrol boats for the Navy upside down and saving time (see page