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August 3 in U.S. military history

1804: During the First Barbary War, Commodore Edward Preble’s Mediterranean Squadron begins his first bombardment of Tripoli Harbor. Commanding a

1776: Although the Continental Congress voted to establish “the thirteen united [sic] States of America” on July 2 and adopted

1816: After freed slaves serving as Colonial British Marines attack and kill several American sailors stopping to fill their canteens

1944: On Dutch New Guinea’s Noemfoor Island, Sgt. Ray E. Eubanks leads a squad against an enemy position that is

1798: Having been disbanded after the end of the Revolutionary War 15 years ago, President John Adams re-institutes the United