December 14 in U.S. military history
1799: Former president and commander-in-chief of the Continental Army George Washington passes away at his home in Mount Vernon (Va.)
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Vietnam War
December 13 in U.S. military history
1636: The Massachusetts General Court in Salem orders the creation of a militia, requiring all able-bodied men between the ages
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December 8 in U.S. military history
1941: As Japanese warplanes continue to hammer Allied bases across Asia and the Pacific, President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously declares
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December 6 in U.S. military history
1846: Gen. Stephen Watts Kearney’s U.S. Army of the West, accompanied by a small detachment of mounted rifle volunteers commanded
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November 29 in U.S. military history
1804: Marine Corps 1st Lt. Presley O’Bannon, William Eaton, Navy Midshipman George Mann, and seven Marines land at Alexandria, Egypt
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