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SOLDIER PROFILE – SERGEANT FIRST CLASS ALWYN C. CASHE, MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT Born in 1970 SFC Cashe was infantryman who served during 1991’s Operation DESERT STORM and 2003’s Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, earning a posthumous Medal of Honor for his actions in that conflict.

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SOLDIER PROFILE – SERGEANT FIRST CLASS ALWYN C. CASHE, MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT Born in 1970, SFC Alwyn C. Cashe enlisted in the Army in 1988. An infantryman, he served in the Gulf War in 1991 during DESERT STORM and during IRAQI FREEDOM, the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.

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18 JULY 1863 WILLIAM CARNEY, FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN RECEIVES MEDAL OF HONOR #USArmy At Fort Wagner, 54th Mass SGT William Carney took up the National Colors when the color sergeant was shot, planted the flag and fought off numerous attempts by the Confederates to capture it.

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21 NOVEMBER 1970 - SON TAY RAID - #VietnamWar Shortly after 0200, six long-range U.S. Air Force search and rescue helicopters landed 58 Army Special Forces soldiers at the Son Tay prisoner of war (POW) compound, 23 miles west of Hanoi.

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ULYSSES S. GRANT AUTHORIZED FOR PROMOTION TO HIGHEST RANK IN U.S. MILITARY On 23 Dec 2022, Congress officially authorized the appointment of #GENUlyssesSGrant , who led the Union to victory during the Civil War, to the rank of General of the Armies of the United States. @USArmy

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NATIONAL BUFFALO SOLDIERS DAY #Armyhistory #USArmy Buffalo soldiers were African American soldiers who mainly served on the Western frontier following the American Civil War. They were originally members of the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments formed at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.

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#AfricanAmericanHistory SGT Henry Johnson received the long-overdue posthumous award of the Medal of Honor on 2 June 2015. On 15 May 1918, PVT Johnson's outpost was attacked. Suffering 21 wounds, he used his rifle, grenades, and knife to prevent Germans from taking his position.

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MUSEUM MONDAY: AIRBORNE AND SPECIAL OPERATION MUSEUM, FORT BRAGG On October 3, 1993, a Black Hawk helicopter, call sign Super-61, from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, was shot down by a rocket propelled grenade in Mogadishu, Somalia during Opn GOTHIC SERPENT.

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4 JULY 1776 – INDEPENDENCE DAY Happy 247th birthday America! On 2 JUL 1776, General George Washington issued General Orders to the year-old Continental Army that read, in part: "The fate of unborn Millions will now depend, under God, on the Courage and Conduct of this army …”

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2 SEPTEMBER 1945 - VICTORY OVER JAPAN (V-J) 75th ANNIVERSARY - #WWII Japan formally surrendered to the Allies in a ceremony aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI in Tokyo Harbor. Although they surrendered on 15 August, the instrument of surrender documents were signed 2 September.

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26 FEBRUARY 1991 - BATTLE OF 73 EASTING - #DesertStorm In what some have called it the “Last great tank battle of the 20th century” the new U.S. M1A1 Abrams main battle tank received its baptism by fire at the Battle of 73 Easting. #Armyhistory #USArmy #TRADOC

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REMEMBERING OUR VIETNAM VETERANS WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE! More than 58,318 names of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice are engraved in the black granite of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, known also as "The Wall." #Armyhistory #ThankVietnamVets #USArmy #POWMIA

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Although underappreciated in their time, the soldiers who served in Vietnam earned the recognition they deserve in 2017 with the creation of National Vietnam War Veterans Day.

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WEDNESDAY WISDOM - #VeteransDay "Some people live a lifetime and wonder if they have made a difference in the world. A Veteran doesn't have that problem." --President Ronald Reagan, U.S. Army Veteran.

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19 JUNE 1865 - JUNETEENTH Also called Freedom Day, Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of the enslaved people in America two and a half years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

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24 FEBRUARY 1991 - OPERATION DESERT STORM - LIBERATION OF KUWAIT - Persian Gulf War The ground campaign of Operation DESERT STORM began on 24 February when the @101stAASLTDIV of the XVIII Airborne Corps initiated an end run air assault around the Iraqi Army's open right flank

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MEMORIAL DAY HISTORY - "THESE HONORED DEAD" Memorial Day was established as a national holiday to remember those people who died while serving in the U.S. armed forces. It is currently observed every year on the last Monday of May. #Armyhistory #MemorialDay

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#Armybirthday Did you know, of the 45 Presidents 31 served in the military, 24 of them served in the Army!

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2 JULY 1863 –BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG –THE DEFENSE OF LITTLE ROUND TOP At a critical juncture on the Battle of Gettysburg’s second day, the men of the 20th Maine Regiment saved the Union army during their desperate defense of Little Round Top. #Armyhistory #USArmy #TRADOC #CivilWar

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SOLDIER PROFILE – SERGEANT LEIGH ANN HESTER, FIRST WOMAN AWARDED THE SILVER STAR FOR VALOR SGT Leigh Ann Hester became the first woman awarded the Silver Star for combat valor through her actions on 20th MAR 2005, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. #Armyhistory #USArmy

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In 1929, US Army Air Corps Lt Gen John MacCready asked a New York-based medical equipment manufacturer, to create sunglasses to ban the sun rays and reduce the headaches and nausea experienced pilots. Ray Ban was born. By WWII the stylish sunglasses were worn by non-pilots too.

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19 October 1781 British Surrender at Yorktown - #AmericanRevolution #Armyhistory #USArmy British Gen Cornwallis surrendered his land and sea forces of 8K men to Generals Washington and Rochambeau. Pleading illness, Cornwallis did not attend. Huzzah!

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3 JULY 1863 PICKETT'S CHARGE - GETTYSBURG #CivilWar GEN Meade, after requesting the opinions of his corps commanders, decided to defend, rather than attack, on July 3rd. He also estimated that Lee, having attacked his right and left, would try for his center. He was right.

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21 NOVEMBER 1970 – RAID ON THE SON TAY POW CAMP #VietnamWar Shortly after 0200 on the morning of 21 NOV 1970, a task force of 28 U.S. Air Force aircraft delivered 58 U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers to the Son Tay prisoner of war (POW) compound to rescue 65 American POW’s.

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HAPPY EASTER WITH #ARMYART Technical Sergeant William E. Thomas and Private First Class Joseph Jackson with special “Easter Eggs” for Adolf Hitler during World War II, 1945. #Armyhistory #USArmy #TRADOC #WWII #EASTER

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16 DEC 1944 -BATTLE OF THE BULGE BEGINS On this date about thirty German divisions attacked the thinly-held American line in the Ardennes, a heavily forested and hilly region in Belgium. U.S. forces occupying that "quiet" sector had been reduced to reinforce offensive operations.

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25 APRIL 1944 – FIRST BATTLEFIELD HELICOPTER EVACUATION In a watershed moment in U.S. Army aviation history, the first battlefield helicopter evacuation was performed on 25 APR 1944, presaging the dominance that rotary aircraft would assert in Army aviation in later years.

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SOLDIER PROFILE HAROLD “HAL” G. MOORE - END OF THE VIETNAM WAR 50TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION An LTC during the early phase of the Vietnam War, Hal Moore earned fame for his leadership during the Battle of Ia Drang, the U.S. Army’s first major combat engagement in Vietnam.

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Army Artist-In-Residence SFC Curtis Loter just released his rendition of the official Army Uniform for the 2019 Army-Navy Game. The 2019 Army-Navy uniform tells the story of the Soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division and the birth of the Air Mobility during the Vietnam war.

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WISDOM WEDNESDAY "The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country." -Gen. George S. Patton Jr. #Armyhistory #USArmy #TRADOC

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17 DEC 1944 - MALMEDY MASSACRE #WWII #USArmy As German armies advanced through the Ardennes in what became known as the "Battle of the Bulge," troops of the 1st SS Panzer Division murdered 84 American prisoners of war just south of the town of Malmedy, Belgium.

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16 DEC 1944 -"BATTLE OF THE BULGE"- #WWII75 #BattleoftheBulge #OTD 75 years ago Germans attacked the thinly-held American line in the Ardennes, firm resistance and the courage and fortitude of the American Soldier would ultimately bring an allied victory!

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Retired Col. Ralph Puckett Jr., an Army #Ranger highly decorated for valor in Korea and Vietnam, will receive the #MedalofHonor for his actions in the #KoreanWar #Armyhistory #MedalofHonor See the release:

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3 JULY 1863 – BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG –THE THIRD DAY After two days of inconclusive fighting, Union MG George G. Meade chose to keep his Army of the Potomac in its defensive fishhook line on 3 July, anticipating a Confederate assault at the center of his position on Cemetery Ridge.

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28 FEBRUARY 1991 – OPERATION DESERT STORM ENDS Over the course of just 100 hours, U.S. and allied ground forces in Iraq and Kuwait decisively defeated the battle-hardened and dangerous Iraqi military, and President George H.W. Bush declared a victorious ceasefire on 28 FEB.

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WEDNESDAY WISDOM - #DESERTSTORM “True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.” --GEN Norman Schwarzkopf, June 1992 #Armyhistory #USArmy #TRADOC

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#WednesdayWisdom #ArmyNavyGame “The Army and the Navy are the best of friends in the world 364-1/2 days a year, but on one Saturday afternoon, we’re the worst of enemies.” -Army Cadet Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1915. Ike played football for West Point before injuring his knee in 1912.

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27 DEC 1944 - RELIEF OF BASTOGNE & THE M4 SHERMAN TANK "COBRA KING" – #WWII #Armyhistory During the “Battle of the Bulge,” U.S. Army forces consisting mainly of the 101st ABN DVN, 10th Armored DVN, and 9th Armored DVN, and several corps support units attached, defended Bastogne.

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28 JULY - NATIONAL BUFFALO SOLDIERS DAY Buffalo soldiers were African American soldiers who mainly served on the Western frontier following the American Civil War. They were originally members of the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments formed at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. @USArmy

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WISDOM WEDNESDAY - #VETERANSDAY "The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country." --General George S. Patton Jr. #USArmy #TRADOC

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20 DECEMBER 1944 – THE SIEGE OF BASTOGNE BEGINS (BATTLE OF THE BULGE) One of the most famous engagements of the Battle of the Bulge began on 20 DEC 1944, as a U.S. Army force composed primarily of the 101st ABD began its heroic defense of the Belgian town of Bastogne.

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WEDNESDAY WISDOM - THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE “Nuts!” – Maj. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe, Assistant DVN CDR, 101st ABN, 22 December 1944 responding to the German ultimatum to surrender the surrounded city of Bastogne.

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MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH- BATTERY X With the establishment of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in #WWII , females entered military service as something other than nurses for the first time, the WAAC assigned women to non-combat roles to “free a man to fight.”

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27 FEBRUARY 1991 – BATTLE OF NORFOLK (“FRIGHT NIGHT”) – OPERATION DESERT STORM DESERT STORM’s second major armor engagement and one of the largest tank battles in American history closely followed the Battle of 73 Easting in the early morning hours of 27 FEB. #Armyhistory

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PRIDE MONTH SOLDIER PROFILE – MAJOR GENERAL TAMMY SMITH, FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL IN THE U.S. MILITARY Gen. Smith entered the Army with ordinary aspirations; as a first-generation college student, the U of Oregon’s ROTC program presented a path to a college education.

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U.S. Army Center of Military History #TRIVIATuesday #DIDYOUKNOW there are @USArmy astronauts. COL Douglas Wheelock, West Point - The U.S. Military Academy graduate, logged 178 days in space after serving as the first active duty Soldier to command the International Space Station.

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SOLDIER PROFILE – SERGEANT LEIGH ANN HESTER, FIRST WOMAN TO EARN THE SILVER STAR FOR VALOR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH SGT Leigh Ann Hester became the first woman to earn the Silver Star for combat valor through her actions on 20th MAR 2005, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.

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9 APRIL 1865 - SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX - #CivilWar Gen Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate States Army of Northern Virginia to United States Army forces commanded by LT Gen Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House, VA, signaling the end of the Civil War.

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ARMY ART - SIEGE OF BASTOGNE During the siege of Bastogne, 20-27 DEC 1945, in the Battle of the Bulge, the heroic and encircled U.S. Army Soldiers who held off the German advance had to be supplied by air. "Pamphlet For Bastogne" by Army Artist Olin Dows, January 1945

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3 JULY 1863 – BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG – PICKETT’S CHARGE After having been rebuffed on the Union’s left and right flanks the previous day, Confederate GEN Robert E. Lee fatefully gambled on the weakness of the Union center by ordering a frontal assault dubbed “Pickett’s Charge.”

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4 JULY 1776 - INDEPENDENCE DAY #IndependenceDay On 2 July 1776, Gen George Washington issued General Orders that read, in part: "The fate of unborn Millions will now depend, under God, on the Courage and Conduct of this army—We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die."

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SOLDIER PROFILE - SERGEANT FIRST CLASS ALWYN C. CASHE Born in 1970, Sgt. F.C. Alwyn C. Cashe enlisted in the Army in 1988. An infantryman, he served in the Gulf War in 1991 #DesertStorm and during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. #BlackHistoryMonth #MOH #Armyhistory #USArmy

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RADIOMEN AND BATTLEFIELD COMMUNICATIONS - END OF VIETNAM WAR 50TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION #VietnamWar One of the most enduring images of the Vietnam War is that of the radioman on patrol, his back-mounted radio providing vital communications in the Vietnamese jungle. @USArmy

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RETURN HOME OF AN AMERICAN HERO - CHAPLAIN KAPAUN Korean War Medal of Honor recipient, Army Chaplain (Capt.) Emil Joseph Kapaun, has been accounted for. This weekend, he will return to the United States and to his final resting place in his home state of Kansas. #Armyhistory

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HISTORIC THANKSGIVING AND THE ARMY #Armyhistory #USArmy #Thanksgiving HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM THE U.S. ARMY CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY! President George Washington was the first president to proclaim a day of national thanksgiving.

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14 JUNE 1775 - ARMY BIRTHDAY and INFANTRY BRANCH BIRTHDAY America's Revolutionary War began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775, but, it represented mainly a regional New England rebellion, and was not yet viewed as a War for American independence.

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WISDOM WEDNESDAY - ARMY HIRING DAYS "The soldier is the army. No army is better than its soldiers. The soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country." -Gen. George S. Patton Jr. #JoinUs

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ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH – COLOR SERGEANT SING LAU KEE The first Asian-American to earn the Distinguished Service Cross was Color Sgt. Sing Lau Kee, a Chinese-American soldier born in California who served in the 77th Division during #WWI .

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3 JANUARY 1777 - BATTLE OF PRINCETON - REVOLUTIONARY WAR On the morning of 3 January 1777, just outside of Princeton, New Jersey, elements of the main Continental Army commanded by General George Washington fought a meeting engagement and defeated British regulars. @USArmyCMH

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#TriviaTuesday #Armyhistory #NativeAmericanHistory #DYK During the Civil War three Indian Home Guard Regiments were Organized and used in Indian Territories. About 3,600 Native Americans served in the Union Army.

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7 AUGUST 1990 - OPERATION DESERT SHIELD BEGINS Operation DESERT SHIELD began on 7 AUG 1990 in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. When completed, U.S. and coalition forces liberated Kuwait in Operation DESERT STORM, winning an overwhelming victory in the Persian Gulf War.

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2 JULY 1863 - BATTLE OF LITTLE ROUND TOP The 20th Maine, commanded by COL Joshua Chamberlain, was ordered to hold Little Round Top. They held off six attacks, but low on ammo, they counterattacked with bayonets down the hill into the startled Confederates, braking their attack.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH – PRIVATE HENRY JOHNSON, MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT A Black soldier serving with the famous Harlem Hellfighters, PVT Johnson became the first U.S. soldier to earn the French Croix de Guerre and received the Medal of Honor for actions taken on 15 MAY 1918. #MOH

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13 DECEMBER 2003 –U.S. ARMY FORCES CAPTURE SADDAM HUSSEIN – 20TH ANNIVERSARY After toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF), U.S. forces began a manhunt for the Iraqi despot which resulted in his capture in Operation RED DAWN on 13 DEC 2003. #Armyhistory

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Join U.S. Army Center of Military History for the 3d Infantry Division Museum reopening today Thursday 16 November Facebook live broadcast starting at 1000hrs. #rockthemarne 3rd Infantry Division #educateinspirepresereve

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CMH is participating in the Capitol Hill Army birthday #Armybday cake cutting with @SecArmy @ArmyChiefStaff

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19 MARCH 2003 – OPN IRAQI FREEDOM AIR CAMPAIGN BEGINS -20th ANNIVERSARY “My fellow citizens, at this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.” – Pres. G.W. Bush

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4 JULY 1863 – VICKSBURG FALLS TO UNION FORCES In late MAY 1863, MG Ulysses S. Grant’s Army of the Tennessee converged on Vicksburg, Mississippi, the last major Confederate stronghold barring total Union control of the Mississippi River and besieged the city. #Armyhistory #USArmy

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20 June 1924, WWII hero Audie Murphy is born in Kingston, Texas. Murphy was the most decorated Soldier of #WWII . He received the Medal of Honor at the age of 19 when he held off a company of German Soldiers for an hour and led a counterattack while wounded. @USArmy

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SOLDIER PROFILE – COLONEL CYRIL RICHARD "RICK" RESCORLA, HERO OF 9/11 On 11 SEP 2001, retired U.S. Army COL and decorated Vietnam War veteran Rick Rescorla sacrificed his life as he led thousands of civilians to safety in the wake of the World Trade Center attacks.

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FIRST CMH SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE ANNOUNCED! Congratulations to CPT Jonathan Bratten, Command Historian, Maine Army National Guard, for being selected as the first CMH Scholar in Residence! It's a two-year tour of duty, first on the West Point Faculty followed by a year with CMH.

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TRIVIA TUESDAY - NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE ARMY First Lieutenant Julia Nashanany Reeves was a Potawatomie Indian from Crandon, Wisconsin who joined the Army Nurse Corps in 1942. She worked in one of the first medical units in the Pacific.

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ARMY ART FRIDAY - REMEMBERING GENERAL COLIN L. POWELL "The General in the Desert" (GEN Colin Powell, Desert Shield) by Army Artist MSG Henrietta Snowden #Armyhistory #USArmy #ArmyArt #TRADOC

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#TriviaTuesday #USArmy DID YOU KNOW... The Korean War was the first American war that had fully integrated units. Executive Order 9981 issued on 26 July 1948, by Pres Truman abolished discrimination "on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin" in the U.S. military.

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THROWBACK THURSDAY - THE "BUFFER" Polisher, Floor, Electric, 1 Each. They were a "right of passage" for Soldiers. How many remember the hours spent buffing waxed floors, whether for cleaning or for extra duty? Who remembers the buffer rides and rodeos? Share your stories.

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4 - 7 JUNE 1942 - BATTLE OF MIDWAY - #WWII #USArmy The Battle proved to be a major turning point in the Pacific.The Army Air Forces' Seventh Air Force contributed to the victory with B-17 & B-26 bombers making low-level attacks to launch aerial torpedoes at Japanese warships.

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21 DECEMBER 1944 – BATTLE OF ST. VITH ENDS – BATTLE OF THE BULGE #WWII One of the most critical of the Battle of the Bulge’s early engagements was fought at the Belgian town of St. Vith from 16 to 21 Dec. #Armyhistory #USArmy #BattleOfTheBulge

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25 DECEMBER -CHRISTMAS IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY The Army was in winter quarters at Christmas time and suffered from shortages of supplies and provisions. However, Gen George Washington, and his subordinate leaders did their best to accommodate the soldiers’ holiday observances.

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3 OCTOBER 1993 – TASK FORCE RANGER & THE BATTLE OF MOGADISHU –30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION On 3 OCT 1993, elements of the U.S. Army’s Task Force Ranger fought Somali militants in a protracted engagement immortalized in print and film as “Black Hawk Down.” #Armyhistory #USArmy

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18 JULY 1863 - AFRICAN-AMERICAN REGT 54TH MASSACHUSETTS ATTACK FORT WAGNER #USArmy Despite withering cannon and rifle fire, they sustained their charge reaching the top of the fort. Eventually forced to pull back, they proved that African-American soldiers could fight heroically.

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In recognition of #NationalRadioDay today, we at #Armyhistory present an #ArmyArt sample that highlights Soldiers and radios from #WWII "Radio Control Room" in Paris, France atop the Eiffel Tower. World War II Harry Dix, December 1944 Gouache on paper, 14 3/4" x 10"

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2 MAY 2011 – OPERATION NEPTUNE SPEAR (DEATH OF OSAMA BIN LADEN) After a nearly decade-long search, Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 11 SEP 2001 attacks, was killed in the early hours of the morning on 2 MAY 2011 during Operation NEPTUNE SPEAR. #USArmy #TRADOC

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#WednesdayWisdom “There is no such thing as closure for soldiers who have survived a war. They have an obligation, a sacred duty, to remember those who fell in battle beside them all their days and to bear witness to the insanity that is war.” ― Lt. Gen. (RET) Harold G. Moore

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THROWBACK THURSDAY - ELVIS ARON PRESLEY ENTERS U.S. ARMY Elvis Presley is arguably one of the most famous draftees in U.S. Army history. He reported for induction and was sworn into the U.S. Army on 24 March 1958 at the Reception Station at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. #ArmyHistory

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#TBT #MOH In 1996 the Army reviewed all Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in #WWII "to determine whether any should be upgraded to the Medal of Honor." In June of 2000, 22 were awarded the MOH.

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WEDNESDAY WISDOM “You should never forget that the airplanes don’t fly, the tanks don’t run, the ships don’t sail, the missiles don’t fire unless the sons and daughters of America make them do it.” --GEN Norman Schwarzkopf, 1991 #Armyhistory #USArmy #DesertStorm

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On 14 August 1913, Sergeant Vernon L. Burge officially received rating as the U.S. Army's first enlisted pilot. As a private first class in the Signal Corps in 1907, Burge was assigned to the Aeronautical Division of the Signal Corps at Fort Myer, Virginia.

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WEDNESDAY WISDOM - SERGEANT ELVIS ARON PRESLEY, U.S. ARMY “The Army teaches boys to think like men.” --SGT Elvis Presley when asked about military service. Entertainer and recording star Elvis Presley is arguably one of the most famous draftees in U.S. Army history.

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TRIVIA TUESDAY - WWII ARMY IN THE PACIFIC In #WWII , the US Army dedicated about 25% of its strength to the pacific, 22 of 88 combat divisions and associated air forces making them the leading ground force. The Marines had only 6 divisions. #Armyhistory #USArmy

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7 APRIL 2003 – BATTLE OF BAGHDAD THUNDER RUN – OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 20TH ANNIVERSARY The 3rd ID famously staged armored raids into Baghdad, using speed and overwhelming firepower to shatter enemy control over the city in what were immortalized as the “Thunder Runs.”

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TRIVIA TUESDAY - ARMY IN THE PACIFIC DURING WWII In #WWII , the US Army dedicated about 25% of its strength to the pacific, 22 of 88 combat divisions and associated Army Air Forces making them the leading ground force. #Armyhistory @USArmy @TRADOC #MilitaryHistory #WWIIPacific

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1 JULY 1863 – BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG – THE FIRST DAY On 1 JUL 1863, the defining battle of the Civil War began at Gettysburg, amid the rolling hills and shallow valleys of southern Pennsylvania. #Armyhistory #USArmy #TRADOC #CivilWar #CivilWarHistory #ArmyCavalry

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16 JUNE 1775 - Happy Birthday to the U.S. Army Adjutant General Corps! Two days after it had resolved to raise the Continental Army, the Second Continental Congress set about the business of laying the foundation for "the American army." #Armyhistory #USArmy

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ALLIED NATIONAL LEADERS #VEDAY75 - The end of the war in Europe led to new political challenges. As the leaders of the Allied nations celebrated their victory, they also began designing a new world order. Thanks to our greatest generation for making #Armyhistory in #WWII

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29 FEBRUARY 1864 - LINCOLN'S LEAP DAY NOMINATION OF GRANT From the National Archives by Jessie Kratz. 160 years ago on leap day, President Abraham Lincoln nominated Ulysses S. Grant to be Lieutenant General of the Army. #USArmy #TRADOC #FORSCOM #Armyhistory

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2 JULY 1863 – BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG – THE SECOND DAY By the morning of 2 JUL 1863, the battle lines at Gettysburg had stabilized following the previous day’s fluid engagement. #Armyhistory #USArmy #TRADOC #CivilWar #CivilWarHistory #MilitaryHistory #Gettysburg

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WEDNESDAY WISDOM - GETTYSBURG PRELUDE "They will attack you in the morning and they will come booming – skirmishers three-deep. You will have to fight like the devil until supports arrive.” ----BG John Buford at #Gettysburg , 30 June 1863, as he foresaw the battle taking shape

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Cashe died of his wounds on 8 NOV 2005 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. He earned a Silver Star for his actions; the award was subsequently upgraded to a Medal of Honor in 2021. #MedalOfHonor #MOH #3ID #BlackHistoryMonth #ArmyHeritage #IraqiFreedom @USArmy

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The conditions of U.S. POWs held by the North Vietnamese dramatically improved after the raid. The only helicopter lost was the one purposely crash-landed in the compound. Most of the raiders were members of the 6th and 7th Special Forces, stationed at Fort Bragg, NC.

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SOLDIER PROFILE - GEN ULYSSES S. GRANT General Ulysses S. Grant, the man who would save the Union and become the greatest general of his time, started his ascent to the pinnacle of American greatness from humble beginnings. #Armyhistory #USArmy #TRADOC #CivilWar

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