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6 days ago · Among the 150,000 soldiers who landed on and fought across the hostile beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, were 1,000 members of a new, specially trained unit – the U.S. Army Rangers....
4 days ago · The Battle of Guadalcanal was one of the first prolonged campaigns in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II. It strained logistical capabilities of the combatant nations. For the U.S., this need prompted the development of effective combat air transport for the first time.
May 6, 2024 · Edgar Bergen first came to the attention of American audiences on Rudy Vallée’s NBC Royal Gelatin Hour on December 17th, 1936. How could ventriloquism work on radio? Perhaps Rudy Vallée himself put it best the night Bergen debuted. Five months later NBC gave Bergen his own show on Sundays at 8PM. He was an instant smash hit.
4 days ago · Gunnery Sgt. Robert James McDonald, 35, was in his car at a park with his dog just 10 miles south of the installation when 18-year-old Rudy Garcia fired a weapon into the vehicle's cabin ...
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4 days ago · Mark A. Snell, PhD., is a retired U.S. Army ordnance officer as well as a retired history professor. He currently serves as the Chief Historian of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary (DVC-AH). While on active duty with the U.S. Army, he served both as an enlisted soldier and a commissioned officer. In addition, Mark served from 1987-1990 as an ...
5 days ago · World War II: Iwo Jima. U.S. Coast Guard and Navy vessels landing supplies on the Marine beachhead at Iwo Jima, February 1945. (more) The Coast Guard enforces all applicable federal laws on the high seas and waters within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
1 day ago · By the time the U.S. entered World War II in December 1941, the U.S. Coast Guard had already been transferred to the Navy by President Franklin Roosevelt. Created by Congress as the Revenue-Marine on 4 August 1790 at the request of Alexander Hamilton, it is the oldest continuously operating naval service of the United States.
