World War II Archives – Page 32 of 60

January 27 in U.S. military history

1837: U.S. soldiers and Marines under the command of Col. Archibald Henderson — a serving Marine Corps commandant — defeat

1863: Following the Union general’s disastrous defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg in December and the failed “Mud March” on

1870: Following the murder of a Montana rancher and his son, Col. Eugene Baker forms a band of infantry and

1944: Allied forces, including the U.S. VI Corps under the command of Maj. Gen. John P. Lucas (part of Lt.

1911: During the San Francisco Air Meet, exhibition pilot Eugene B. Ely lands his Curtiss Pusher Model “D” aircraft on