18 OCTOBER 1776 250th ANNIVERSARY ENGAGEMENT AT SPLIT ROCK ROAD After his 11th-hour escape from Long Island, GEN George Washington moved into the Harlem Heights of Manhattan Island, which was then a backcountry plateau protected on the north and south Read More
21 JULY 2005 HM3 TRAVIS YOUNGBLOOD On the 16th of July a government vehicle pulled up to the family home on Long Island at which Laura Youngblood was staying. A Navy Chief Petty Officer dressed in khakis exited the vehicle. Her Read More
4 JULY 1986 HOLIDAY JOYRIDE LCPL Howard A. Foote, Jr., enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1984 with the hope of an enlisted commissioning and selection for flight training. He was already an accomplished pilot at the time, having established several Read More
1 JUNE 1857 THE “PLUG-UGLIES” Few may remember today that the January 6th, 2021, Capitol riot was not the first violent threat against our election process. The tempestuous 1857 Presidential campaign pitted the Democratic ticket of James Buchanan and John Breckinridge Read More
6 MAY 1942 FALL OF CORREGIDOR The Japanese invasion of the Philippines began within hours of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Landing in the Lingayen Gulf, they swept southward across the island of Luzon toward Manila, Subic Bay, and the Bataan Read More
11 MARCH-25 MAY 1885 COLOMBIAN INTERVENTION As Prestan’s fires left 8,000 homeless in Colon, the rebellious Azipuru was stirring again on the Pacific side. Having initially been chased into the hills, Azipuru regained Panama City when Colombian troops crossed the isthmus Read More
28 FEBRUARY 1945 PhM1c JOHN HARLAN WILLIS By D-Day + 9 on Iwo Jima, intense fighting was raging in several acres of low hills and gullies that would come to be known as the “meat grinder” just west of the central Read More
6-16 OCTOBER 1859 SECOND FIJIAN EXPEDITION American traders plying the Pacific in the 19th century occasionally ran afoul of angry natives. Such was the case in the summer of 1859 with two sailors from a US merchant freighter. They were captured 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
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