August 21 in U.S. military history
1918: When enemy fighters shoot down Ensign George M. Ludlow’s Machhi M.5 seaplane off the Austria-Hungary coast, Charles H. Hammann
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August 20 in U.S. military history
1910: 100 feet over New York City’s Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Lt. Jacob E. Fickel becomes the world’s first aerial
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July 31 in U.S. military history
1777: A month after arriving in the United States, the Marquis de Lafayette is commissioned “major general” in the Continental
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July 24 in U.S. military history
1897: A crowd of over 10,000 greets the black soldiers of the 25th Infantry Regiment’s “Bicycle Corps” (featured image) as
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July 21 in U.S. military history
1823: U.S. Navy Midshipman and acting-lieutenant (future admiral) David Glasgow Farragut leads a raiding party of cutlass-armed sailors and Marines
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