This day in U.S. military history: June 19th: 1778: Gen. George Washington’s troops finally left Valley Forge, Pennsylvania after a harsh winter of training. Washington left to intercept the British force on its way to New York City. 1864: The U.S.S. Kearsarge sinks the C.S.S. Alabama in a battle off the coast of Cherbourg, France. 1944: Navy CDR David McCampbell downs five Japanese aircraft during “The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot” and two more over Guam, the first of two incidents where he would achieve "Ace In A Day" status, which eventually would lead to his being awarded the Medal of Honor. 1985: In El Salvador, four off-duty US Marines and 9 others were killed at sidewalk restaurants in the Zona Rosa section of San Salvador. 1992: In a joint operation with INS, the Coast Guard assisted in the seizure of the 167-foot Belize-registered freighter Lucky No. 1, her 15-man crew, and 117 Chinese migrants that were aboard. The seizure took place off Oahu. 2004: A U.S. military aircraft fired missiles into Fallujah, Iraq killing 26. The target was a hideout of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s terror network. 23 of the 26 killed were foreign terrorists. 3 Iraqis were among the dead.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:20:05 +0000
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