World War II Archives – Page 11 of 60

July 21 in U.S. military history

1823: U.S. Navy Midshipman and acting-lieutenant (future admiral) David Glasgow Farragut leads a raiding party of cutlass-armed sailors and Marines

1861: Following their victory in the Battle of Rich Mountain in western Virginia two days ago, Union forces led by

1942: A PBY Catalina crew spots an intact Japanese A6M Zero fighter that crash-landed on the Alaskan island of Akutan.

1776: Lt. Col. John Nixon, commanding the 3rd Battalion of the Philadelphia Associators militia, reads the Declaration of Independence publicly

1798: The “Quasi War” with France begins when Congress rescinds treaties with the revolutionary French government. Leading up to and