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Military History, a series by Maj. W. Thomas Smith, Jr.

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Washington's Raid to Howard's Heroics

A Medal and a Christmas Gift

From Fredericksburg to Bastogne

From Washington's Farewell to Puller at Koto-ri

From the Grand Union Flag to the Battle of Franklin

From Bloody Betio to Chattanooga

From Guadalcanal to Second Fallujah

From a Corps of Marines to the Corps of Discovery

From Tippecanoe to Roosevelt's Patrol

From Decatur's Victory to Humphrey's Solo

From Greene's Tigers to MacArthur's Promise

From the Navy's Birthday to Black Thursday

From Second Saratoga to Striking the Taliban

From the Meuse-Argonne to Little Rock

From a Naval Aviation First to the Air Force Birthday

From Blood Stripes to Bloody Ridge

From the Flag's First Action to the Japanese Surrender

From Bleeding Kansas to the Tenaru River

From Sgt. York to Sunny Jim

From the Marquis to the Nautilus

From the Petersburg Mine to the Wright Flyer

From Farragut's Raiders to the First Man on the Moon

From Farragut's First to a Marine at the Helm

From Melted Majesty to the First Military Aviators

From Sullivan's Island to San Juan Hill

From Crazy Horse to the G.I. Bill

From Bunker Hill to the Marianas Turkey Shoot

From Cold Harbor to Shuri

From Jackson at Pensacola to the Lions of Cantigny

First Enterprise to Gordo's Big Day

From Green Mountain Boys to Hamburger Hill

From Chancellorsville to Alcatraz

From the Irish Coast to "Desert One"

From the Battle of San Jacinto to the Bay of Pigs

From a Midnight Ride to Bataan

From a "Murderous Fistfight" to the "Ribbon Creek Massacre"

From the Wizard of the Saddle to Task Force Tarawa

From the Birth of West Point to "a Bulldog of a Fighter"

From Dueling Ironclads to Flying Tigers

From the Boston Massacre to a Green Beret Ballad

From the Alamo to Mount Suribachi

From America's Lord Nelson to the Battle of Hue

From Patch's Dispatch to a Cold War Swap

From Bonhomme Richard to the Space Shuttle Columbia

From Indian-Fighting Marines to "the Mighty Eighth"

From Sons of Liberty to Devils in Baggy Pants

From Big Red to Halsey's Right Arm

From Washington's Brave Fellows to Phantom MiG Killers

From Patton's Breakthrough to Howard's Heroics

From Washington's Crossing to Lincoln's Gift

From Fredericksburg to Bastogne

From Wake's Defenders to Chesty at Chosin

From Rogers' Rangers to Richard Byrd

From Bloody Betio to Mao's Death Warrant

From the King of Battle to Second Fallujah

From the Birth of the Marines to the First Jet Fight

From Washington's Farewell Address to the Army to Roosevelt's Patrol

From Humphrey’s Solo to Thornton’s Swim

From Burgoyne's Surrender to the First Carrier Takeoff

From the Navy's Birthday to Black Thursday

This Week in American Military History: From the Navy's First Ace to a "Barren Victory"

From Blood Stripes to Bloody Ridge

From "The Turtle" to 9/11

From the King’s Proclamation to Richie’s MiG

From Galloping Gates to the Gulf of Sidra

Alvin York’s Action to a Pillar of Purple Fire

From the Coast Guard’s Birthday to a U-2 First

From the Marquis’ Commission to an F-86 Kill

From Farragut’s Raiders to the First Man on the Moon

From Gamble’s Command to the Fall of Cuba

From Independence Day to Scott at Chippewa

From Pickett’s Charge to Roosevelt’s Rough Riders

From the Little Big Horn to the ’03 Springfield

From the Birth of the Army to Marines at Saipan

From Decoration Day to Midway

From Pensacola to Shuri Castle

From Arnold’s Prize to Cunningham’s Diary

From Ticonderoga to ‘Faith 7’

From Chancellorsville to Coral Sea

From the Flag at Derna to Dewey at Manila Bay

From a Midnight Ride to Doolittle’s Raid

From Andrews’ Raiders to the Escadrille Americaine

From Bloody Shiloh to Ribbon Creek

From Patrick Henry's Speech to the First Medals of Honor

From Guilford Courthouse to Iraq

From Dueling Ironclads to Flying Tigers

From the First Marine Landing to a Billboard Hit Song

From Sackville to Suribachi

From Old Ironsides to Fortress Corregidor

From Apache Pass to Patch’s Dispatch

From Shay's Rebellion to Looking Glass

From Archie Henderson to Audie Murphy

From Golden Hill to Desert Storm

Cowpens to 'Gratitude'

First Shots to a Final Splash

Howard’s Heroics to Washington’s ‘Brave Fellows’

From Fredericksburg to Bastogne

From Wake’s Defenders to Chesty at Chosin

From Rogers’ Rangers to Richard Byrd

From Bloody Betio to Mao’s Death Warrant

From the Birth of the Marines to the First Jet Fight

From Tippecanoe to Roosevelt’s Patrol

From Humphrey’s Solo to Thornton’s Swim

From Greene’s Tigers to MacArthur’s Promise

From the Navy’s Birthday to Black Thursday

From Second Saratoga to Striking the Taliban

From the Navy’s First Ace to a ‘Barren Victory’

From Blood Stripes to Bloody Ridge

From ‘the Turtle’ to 9/11

From the King’s Proclamation to Richie’s MiG

From the Battle of Camden to Banzai Attacks at Tenaru

From Spain’s White Flag to a Pillar of Purple Fire

From Washington’s Purple Heart to the Horror of Hiroshima

From the Wright Flyer to the Raid on Ploesti

From Farragut’s Raiders to the First Man on the Moon

From Melted Majesty to Early’s Raid

From Pickett’s Charge to Roosevelt’s Rough Riders

From Crazy Horse to LeMay's Feed and Coal Company

From Bunker Hill to the Marianas Turkey Shoot

From Devil Dogs to the Great Crusade

From Jackson at Pensacola to the Lions of Cantigny

From First Enterprise to Loss of the Scorpion

From Green Mountain Boys to Gordo Cooper’s Big Day

From Palo Alto to Leathernecks at Alcatraz

From the Female Paul Revere to Nixon’s Drive into Cambodia

From a ‘Furnace of Musketry’ to the Desert-One Disaster

From a Midnight Ride to a Pre-Dawn Airstrike

From a “murderous fistfight” to the Bataan Death March

From the Wizard of the Saddle to Task Force Tarawa

From a Kentucky Raider to ‘a Bulldog of a Fighter’

From Dueling Ironclads to Flying Tigers

From the Boston Massacre to a Green Beret Ballad

From the Alamo to Mount Suribachi

From America’s Lord Nelson to an Earth-orbiting Marine

From Quiberon Bay to Bloody Hue City

From Bonhomme Richard to the Space Shuttle Columbia

From Indian-Fighting Marines to the Modern Ranger Battalion

From Sons of Liberty to Devils in Baggy Pants