Somalia Archives – UNTO THE BREACH

August 26 in U.S. military history

1950: The 5th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) replaces the 34th Infantry Regiment which was utterly decimated by a series of

1822: The sailors of the West Indies Squadron made this a pretty rough day for the pirates of the Caribbean:

1803: A mere three weeks after accepting the territory from the Spanish, the French officially hand over New Orleans, the

1775: A small force of American and Canadian militia led by Ethan Allen attempts to capture the British-held city of

Today’s post is in honor of Sgt. Jarrod W. Black, who was killed by an improvised explosive device on this