World War II Archives – UNTO THE BREACH

February 13 in U.S. military history

1861: When Chiracahua Apaches capture a 60-man force of 7th Infantry soldiers in Arizona Territory, Col. Bernard J.D. Irwin, an

1799: Former president and commander-in-chief of the Continental Army George Washington passes away at his home in Mount Vernon (Va.)

1941: The small American garrison on Wake – consisting of a few hundred Marines, sailors, and civilian contractors – repels

1941: When a Japanese submarine reports the sighting of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) northeast of Hawaii, Japanese vessels

1941: As Japanese warplanes continue to hammer Allied bases across Asia and the Pacific, President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously declares