World War II Chronicle: April 4, 1942
Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Page three reports that Lt. Gordon E. Bolser, who searched for Japanese planes during the
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USS Langley
Military Milestones from Humphrey’s Solo to Thornton’s Swim
In his “This Week in American Military History” series at Human Events this week, W. Thomas Smith Jr. mentions the
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The USS Langley (CV-1) was converted from the collier USS Jupiter in 1920 and became the U.S. Navy’s first aircraft
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This Week in American Military History (by W. Thomas Smith Jr.): Oct. 12, 1862: Confederate cavalry commander Gen. James Ewell
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By W. Thomas Smith, Jr. Originally published at Human Events Mar. 15, 1781: British Army forces under the command of
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