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War/Selected anniversaries
August 7
1782
-
George Washington
orders the creation of the
Badge of Military Merit
to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic
Purple Heart
.
1789
- The
United States War Department
is established.
1819
-
Simón Bolívar
triumphs over
Spain
in the
Battle of Boyacá
.
1942
-
World War II
:
Battle of Guadalcanal
begins -
U.S. Marines
initiate the first American offensive of the war with a landing on
Guadalcanal
in the
Solomon Islands
.
1945
- President
Harry Truman
announces the successful bombing of
Hiroshima
with an
atomic bomb
while returning from the
Potsdam Conference
aboard the heavy cruiser
USS Augusta (CA-31)
in the middle of the
Atlantic Ocean
.
1964
-
Vietnam War
: The
U.S. Congress
passes the
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
giving US President
Lyndon B. Johnson
broad war powers to deal with
North Vietnamese
attacks on American forces.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<
User:Hawkeye7
|
War/Selected anniversaries
August 7
1782
-
George Washington
orders the creation of the
Badge of Military Merit
to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic
Purple Heart
.
1789
- The
United States War Department
is established.
1819
-
Simón Bolívar
triumphs over
Spain
in the
Battle of Boyacá
.
1942
-
World War II
:
Battle of Guadalcanal
begins -
U.S. Marines
initiate the first American offensive of the war with a landing on
Guadalcanal
in the
Solomon Islands
.
1945
- President
Harry Truman
announces the successful bombing of
Hiroshima
with an
atomic bomb
while returning from the
Potsdam Conference
aboard the heavy cruiser
USS Augusta (CA-31)
in the middle of the
Atlantic Ocean
.
1964
-
Vietnam War
: The
U.S. Congress
passes the
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
giving US President
Lyndon B. Johnson
broad war powers to deal with
North Vietnamese
attacks on American forces.
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