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James Houser
- Feb 7, 2020
- 3 min
February 7, 1968 - SFC Eugene Ashley's Action that Merits the Medal of Honor
Black History Month Post: February 7, 1968. The North Vietnamese 24th Regiment, with the support of at least 22 tanks, attacks the Allied...
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James Houser
- Feb 6, 2020
- 4 min
February 6, 1778 - Franco-American Alliance Forged
February 6, 1778. Benjamin Franklin, United States commissioner to France, signs a treaty of alliance with the ministers of King Louis...
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James Houser
- Feb 5, 2020
- 4 min
February 5, 1945 - Black History Month: Battle of the Serchio River
Black History Month Post: February 5, 1945. The 92nd Infantry Division, the segregated "Buffalo Soldier" division, attacks German forces...
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James Houser
- Feb 4, 2020
- 4 min
February 4, 1703 - The Revenge of the 47 Ronin
February 4, 1703. Forty-six men commit ritual suicide on a snowy night in the mountains. They are missing one from their number, pardoned...
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James Houser
- Feb 3, 2020
- 3 min
February 3, 1945 - The Battle for Manila begins
February 3, 1945. General Douglas MacArthur's American troops enter the outskirts of Manila, capital of the Philippines...but the city's...
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