9-11 JANUARY 1863 REDUCTION OF ARKANSAS POST Arkansas sided with the South in the Civil War, and after the firing on Ft. Sumter, Arkansans prepared for an expected Union invasion. Their capital, Little Rock, and the Fort Smith arsenal lay on Read More
4 JANUARY 1989 NAVY 4, LIBYA 0 Since 1973 Libyan strongman COL Muammar Kaddafi had claimed territorial sovereignty over the international waters of the Gulf of Sidra–a claim the United States never recognized. In obvious rejection of Kaddafi’s claim, our warships Read More