May 24 in U.S. military history
1818: Gen. (future U.S. pres.) Andrew Jackson and his expeditionary army march into Spanish-controlled Florida, easily capturing the Gulf-coastal town
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Mercury astronauts
May 15 in U.S. military history
1862: Cpl. John F. Mackie becomes the first Marine awarded the Medal of Honor when the he mans the mans
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May 5 in U.S. military history
1862: Disappointed in the lack of progress of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign, President Abraham Lincoln departs for
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April 9 in U.S. military history
1865: The war lost, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee concludes, “There is nothing left for me to do, but to
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February 21 in U.S. military history
1945: As Task Force 58’s carrier-based planes fly close air support for the Marines fighting on Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze
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