29 JUNE 1842 “PATHFINDER OF THE SEAS” Matthew Fontaine Maury was born in a woodland cabin near Chancellorsville, Virginia, on 14 January 1806. At age 5 his family moved to Franklin, Tennessee, where Matthew attended the Harpeth Academy for teachers. Read More
25 JUNE 1813 BOMBSHIP EAGLE Smarting from the British blockade of American seaports during the War of 1812, Congress turned for help to our private citizens. Legislation was passed in March 1813 allowing a bounty equal to one-half the value Read More
18 JUNE 1942 LTJG RALPH RICH With Hitler’s 1 September 1939 invasion of Poland, the citizenry of the United States remained divided over whether or not we should become involved. However, enlistments in our military went up as men prepared Read More
14-30 JUNE 1985 HIJACKING OF TWA 847 At 1000 on Friday June 14th, TWA Flight 847 began rolling down the runway at Athens, Greece. The Boeing 727 was bound for Rome on a flight that had originated in Cairo and Read More
8-10 JUNE 1944 THE FIGHT TO SAVE GLENNON USS GLENNON (DD-620), JEFFERS (DD-621), and BUTLER (DD-636) spent June 7th close inshore against “Utah” beach, the former expending 430 five-inch rounds against enemy pillboxes and machine gun nests from which American Read More
6 JUNE 1944 CORRY CONTROVERSY The morning of 18 December 1941 dawned at the Charleston Navy Yard with palpable anticipation. Our citizenry was united against the Pearl Harbor attack only 11 days earlier, and this morning our Navy was set to Read More