October 24 in U.S. military history
1742: After disease and poor management leads to the deaths of all but 600 of the 3,500-man 61st Regiment of
Read More1742: After disease and poor management leads to the deaths of all but 600 of the 3,500-man 61st Regiment of
Read More1864: In Westport, Mo. (present-day Kansas City), Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis’ 22,000-man Army of the Border defeats a heavily
Read More1781: British Gen. Charles Cornwallis formally surrenders 7,087 officers and men, 900 seamen, 144 cannons, 15 galleys, a frigate, and
Read More1910: Wright Brothers pilot Archibald Hoxsey crosses paths with President Theodore Roosevelt while at St. Louis during a cross-country flying
Read More1942: (Featured image) Col. Laurence C. Craigie becomes the U.S. military’s first official jet pilot when he takes off from
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