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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in. -- Napoleon Bonaparte |
Deliberate Forge, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 20 Jun 1998(81 total words in this text)(2664 Reads)  Forces from the United States European Command participate in, and directly support, Operation Deliberate Forge, the NATO air operation in support of SFOR operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Aircraft supporting Operation Deliberate Forge are provided by several NATO nations and operate from various countries in the region and from aircraft carriers at sea. 20 June 1998 marked the transition from the NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR) to a slightly smaller force. Simultaneously, Operation Deliberate Guard terminated and Operation Deliberate Forge commenced. |
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1865:
Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.
1865: John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. 1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman. 1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes. 1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed. 1971: The U.S. command in Saigon announces that the U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |
