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    C.F. Sargent (Schooner Barge, 1874)

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    C.F. Sargent, a 1689-gross-ton wooden schooner barge, was built in 1874 at Yarmouth, Maine. She was acquired by the Navy in October 1917, placed in service as USS C.F. Sargent and employed to transport coal along the East Coast. Later given the registry number 3027, the barge sank at sea on 31 July 1918.
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    1865: Union cavalry units continue to skirmish with Confederate forces in Henderson, North Carolina and Munsford Station, Alalbama.

    1924: The U.S. Senate passes the Soldiers Bonus Bill.

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    1950: Chiang Kai-shek evacuates Hainan, leaving mainland China to Mao Zedong and the communists.

    1975: At a speech at Tulane University, President Gerald Ford says the Vietnam War is finished as far as America is concerned. This was devastating news to the South Vietnamese, who were desperately pleading for U.S. support as the North Vietnamese surrounded Saigon for the final assault on the capital city.


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