Significant Events this Month in Military History 1802 - Congress established the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. 1815 - Congress declared war against the Barbary Pirates in Algeria, seeking an end to their interference with American shipping in the Mediterranean Sea. 1836 - End of 13 day siege of the Alamo, San Antonio TX, where 183 Americans held off 3,000 Mexican troops before being overwhelmed. 1846 - American forces under General Zachary Taylor moved across the Rio Grande River into Mexican territory, officially beginning hostilities during the Mexican War. 1862 - Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia destroyed Union vessels USS Cumberland and USS Congress, and damaged the USS Minnesota in waters off Hampton Roads and Fort Monroe, VA. 1915 - Congress established the U. S. Naval Reserve. 1918 - Second Battle of the Somme in France began with a German offensive. 1931 President Hoover signs legislation making the Star Spangled Banner the official national anthem of the United States. 1941 - General Erwin Rommel began his first offensive against the British Army in Libya. 1942 - The first American Seabees saw action in New Caledonia, an island in the southwest Pacific, as they landed and began construction of base facilities. 1949 - U.S. Air Force Captain James Gallagher completed the first non-stop flight around the world, refueling several times in mid-flight. 1965 - First US ground combat force, the 3,500 man 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, arrived at Danang, South Vietnam for the start of the Vietnam War. 1972 - North Vietnamese forces launched a massive attack south across the Demilitarized zone, during the Vietnam War. 1995 - Somalia Campaign ended. 2003 - Operation Iraqi Freedom began.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 12:29:11 +0000
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