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    From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.

    -- Thomas Jefferson

    USS Reno (DD-303), 1920-1931

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    USS Reno, a 1190-ton Clemson class destroyer built at San Francisco, California, was commissioned in July 1920. She spent most of her career operating along the U.S. Pacific Coast, making occasional cruises as far away as Chile, Hawaii, and into the Caribbean and western Atlantic to participate in U.S. Fleet maneuvers. After less than a decade of active service, Reno was decommissioned in January 1930. She was scrapped in 1931.

    USS Reno was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Walter E. Reno (1881-1917), who lost his life while commanding USS Chauncey (Destroyer # 3) in November 1917.
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    1865: Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.

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    1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman.

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    1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed.

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    1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000.


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