This Day in Military History - 4 JAN 1847 – Samuel Colt - TopicsExpress



          

This Day in Military History - 4 JAN 1847 – Samuel Colt (Artist rendition below-right), rescues the future of his faltering gun company by winning a contract to provide the U.S. government with 1,000 of his .44 caliber revolvers 1943 – US Task Force 67, commanded by Admiral Ainsworth, bombards the Japanese base at Munda, on New Georgia. 1975 – The Khmer Rouge launches its newest assault in its five-year war in Phnom Penh. The war in Cambodia would go on until the spring of 1975. 2002 – US Army Special Forces Sgt. Ross Chapman (31) was killed by enemy fire near Khost, Afghanistan. He became the 1st US soldier to die there by enemy fire (photo - left - armymwr).
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 16:42:41 +0000

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