 IN HISTORY
March 8,1965 the 9th.Marine expeditionary Brigade landed a DaNang Vietnam as the first U.S.
ground troops to be commited to that conflict.
U.S.battleship Maine blows up in Havana Harbor killing 28 Marines and 232 seamen. Though no definitive evidence linked the Spanish with the sinking, the cry Rember the Maine went up, and by late April the U.S. and Spain were at war. Feburary 15,1889
March 13 1943 the first group of 71 women Marine officer candidates arrived at the US Midshipmen school Mount Holyoke College.
March 19,20, 2003 Airstrikes near Baghdad where Saddam and aids are thought to be, ground war begins in afternoon near Kuwaiti border.
May 8 1945 VE victory in Europe Germany unconditional surrender
April 9 1942 Maj.Gen. Edward King Jr. surrendered his forces on Bataan to the Japanese. The Bataan Death March began.
June 6,1944 D-day Operation Overlord, over 2700 ships and craft land troops on Normandy,the largest amphibious landing in history.
June 25,1950 N.Korea invades South Korea,two days later Truman authorizes US naval and air operations south of 38th parallel
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