This Day in History: Yank, the Army Weekly
At about this time in 1942, the first edition of Yank, the Army Weekly, is published. It would bear a cover date of June 17, 1942. Today,...
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- Jun 13, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: George Watson's Medal of Honor
On this day in 1943, a soldier is awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. The award made U.S. Army Private George Watson the first black...
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- Jun 9, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: The Tuskegee Airmen's first aerial combat
On this day in 1943, the Tuskegee Airmen of the 99th Fighter Squadron engage in aerial combat for the first time. “The Tuskegee Airmen...
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- Jun 6, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: The Medals of Honor earned on D-Day
On this day in 1944, Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy, France. The D-Day invasion was underway! Did you know that four...
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- May 23, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: Ernest H. Dervishian
On this day in 1944, a hero engages in an action that would earn him the Medal of Honor. Some might have thought Ernest H. Dervishian an...
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- May 19, 2022
- 2 min
This Day in History: Winston Churchill & FDR plan for D-Day
On this day in 1943, FDR and Winston Churchill discuss the D-Day landings. That massive Allied invasion was still more than a year in the...
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- May 17, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: Dogs for Defense
On this day in 1942, a Georgia newspaper reports on a new military effort: Dogs for Defense. Did you know that some Americans offered...
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- May 12, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: Wilburn K. Ross single-handedly holds off German forces
On this day in 1922, a future Medal of Honor recipient is born. Then-Private Wilburn K. Ross would engage in a virtual one-man battle...
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- May 9, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: Thomas McCall's bravery in Italy
On this day in 1916, a hero is born. Thomas McCall would receive a Medal of Honor for his courage during World War II, yet he surely...
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- May 6, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: German U-boats near Rhode Island
On this day in 1945, Americans destroy a German submarine near Point Judith, Rhode Island. That submarine, U-853, had torpedoed an...
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- Apr 30, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: Lt. Col. Phillip Rasmussen, hero of Pearl Harbor
On this day in 2005, Lt. Col. Phillip Rasmussen passes away. He is best known for his actions on December 7, 1941, during the Japanese...
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- Apr 30, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: Operation Cowboy
On this day in 1945, a coalition of American and German soldiers work to save the famous white Lipizzaner horses from an advancing...
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- Apr 26, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: Grace "Tugboat Annie" Lally
On this day in 1897, a heroine is born. Grace “Tugboat Annie” Lally would serve as a nurse in both World Wars, but she is perhaps best...
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- Apr 20, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: Baseball's WWII sacrifice
On this day in 1944, a United States Army Air Forces pilot participates in a mission over the skies of France—but Elmer Gedeon wasn’t...
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- Apr 7, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: Lt. James Swett's Medal of Honor
On this day in 1943, a United States Marine Corps fighter pilot participates in an action that would earn him the Medal of Honor. The...
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- Apr 7, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: The first Navy flight nurse
On this day in 1945, a flight nurse lands at Okinawa. Jane Louise “Candy” Kendeigh had already made history just one month earlier when...
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- Mar 26, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: Elsie Ott, U.S. Air Medal recipient
On this day in 1943, Second Lieutenant Elsie Ott becomes the first woman to receive the U.S. Air Medal. She’d performed an invaluable...
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- Mar 25, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: Operation Varsity
On this day in 1945, Allied forces determine that “organized resistance has now ceased” in western Germany. Just one day earlier, Allied...
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- Mar 20, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: A long-stranded B-17 crew is finally rescued (Part 3)
On this day in 1943, the last surviving members of a B-17 crew prepare to leave the Greenland Ice Cap. They’d been stranded on an icy...
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- Mar 19, 2022
- 3 min
This Day in History: A long-stranded B-17 crew, rescued (Part 2)
On this day in 1943, three members of a stranded B-17 crew finally leave their crumpled plane. It had been their home on the Greenland...
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