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August 14 in U.S. military history

1900: After fighting their way 80 miles from the port of Tientsin, an eight-nation relief force (the United States, Japan,

1865: A day after the Confederate government evacuates by rail, Union troops march into the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va.

Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER It seems like just recently we noted the first Liberty ship had been completed. Page

Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Page four reports that Brig. Gen. Asa N. Duncan, the Eighth Air Force’s chief of

Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Heroes and Scapegoats Col. H.C. Kress Muhlenberg, the former commander of Hickam Field, gave a