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1667:
The Peace of Breda ended the Second Anglo-Dutch War and ceded Dutch New Amsterdam to the English.
1823: After pirate attack, LT David G. Farragut leads landing party to destroy pirate stronghold in Cuba. 1861: The war erupts on a large scale in the east when Confederate forces under P. T. Beauregard turn back Union General Irvin McDowells troops along Bull Run in Virginia. The inexperienced soldiers on both sides slugged it out in a chaotic battle that resulted in a humiliating retreat by the Yankees and signaled, for many, the true start of the war. 1861: U.S.S. Albatross, Commander Prentiss, engaged C.S.S. Beaufort, Lieutenant R. C. Duvall, in the Oregon Inlet, North Carolina. Albatross, heavier gunned, forced Beaufort to withdraw. 1862: U.S. steamers Clara Dolsen and Rob Roy and tug Restless under Commander Alexander M. Pennock, with troops embarked, arrived from Cairo to protect Evansville, Indiana, at the request of Governor Morton. 1918: German U-boat, U-156, fires at an American tug and four barges just off shore off of Orleans, Massachusetts. 1921: In an experiment to prove the effectiveness of airpower against ships General Billy Mitchell flew with a payload of makeshift aerial bombs and sank the former German battle ship Ostfriesland off Hampton Roads, Virginia. 1930: The US Veterans Administration is formed. 1941: France accepted Japan's demand for military control of Indochina. 1943: The Allied advances continue. The British capture Gerbini, the Canadians take Leonforte and the Americans occupy Corleone and Castelvetrano. |
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My friends and neighbors at my friendly, local draft board.
The lay off notice from Ford, my age of 18, the year 1965, escalations going on in SE Asia, the card in my wallet that said "1-A," made the choice elementary. It was either enlist or go to the Infantry.
I ran out of money for college so rather than be drafted I joined to get a job I could do on the outside: X-ray.
Born in 1947 I was 18 in 1965 when they started drafting 18 year olds. It was my turn to serve just like my Dad, Granddad and great grandDAD
My self, I became an armour man. Now serving on my soon nine year, and maybe signing up for a new six years.
duty
Packo
Keith
The whole ambience of the WW2 period activated me and most of my classmates to join the military.
...It was just the right thing to do as a person for the Nation...
Most influenced by a long family history.
I have always been a fan/student of military history and have been intrigued by the battles and personalities in wars past. I suppose when it was my turn I naturally went the way of those before me. My father fought in WW2 and my grandfather in WW1. I guess I wanted to do my part to serve my country in some way. I was in the US Army for 8 years after high school (although my Dad wanted me to go Air Force) and I'm glad for the experience, though I never fought in a war. I came close by being called up for Grenada and Panama, but my units never left.
Me too.
I must admit, honestly, that "Uncle Sugar" ORDERED me to report. No choice in the matter. Ha! Like the guy once said, "I wouldn't take a million dollars for my experience, but I wouldn't give you a nickle to do it again."
The Patroits of World War 2
me too
would do it all again.
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