27 JUNE 1775 THOSE SNEAKY PATRIOTS! “Our Liberty Folks are really very active in Fomenting a Flame throughout the Province… but [with] 200 Soldiers & a Sloop of War I think that I should be able to keep every thing quiet Read More
6 MAY-22 JUNE 1966 DODSON/ECKES ESCAPE On the 6th of May 1966, USMC SGT James Dodson was surveying for a road construction team in friendly territory just south of Da Nang, South Vietnam. While investigating a peasant hut about 200 yards Read More
16 JUNE 1944 “NERO” OF GUAM On 21 July 1944 the USMC landed on the Marianas island of Guam–the second island in that archipelago to be retaken from the enemy. Guam was defended by 19,000 Japanese under LGEN Takeshi Takashima, but Read More
12 JUNE 1775 250th ANNIVERSARY UNITY vs. HMS MARGARETTA In June 1775 civilian Ichabod Jones, captain of the schooner Unity, requested clearance from British ADM Samuel Graves to carry a load of provisions from Boston to the far-flung town of Machias Read More
6 JUNE 1918 LTJG WEEDON OSBORNE The US entry into World War I prompted Chicago dentist Weedon Osborne to seek a commission in the Navy Dental Corps, which he received 8 May 1917. He reported for duty 26 March 1918 with Read More
2 JUNE 1918 WORLD WAR I AT OUR DOORSTEP The bright sun and calm seas off Delaware’s coast this morning belied the sinister intent with which U-151 cruised the surface. Germany and the US had been at war for a year, Read More