“In Flanders Fields”
On May 3, 1915, Canadian physician John McCrae penned the poem, “In Flanders Fields,” in honor of a fallen fellow soldier following the Second Battle of Ypres.
On May 3, 1915, Canadian physician John McCrae penned the poem, “In Flanders Fields,” in honor of a fallen fellow soldier following the Second Battle of Ypres.
On January 12, 1962, American forces participated in their first major combat of the Vietnam War – Operation Chopper.
On January 5, 1933, former President Calvin Coolidge died suddenly of a heart attack.
On November 10, 1919, the American Legion held its first convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
On June 27, 1950, President Harry Truman announced that America would send troops to aid South Korea.
America’s first First Lady was born Martha Dandridge on June 2, 1731 (by the Old Style calendar), on her parents’ Chestnut Grove Plantation near Williamsburg, Virginia.
On October 8, 1918, Alvin York became an American hero after single-handedly defeating a German machine gun battalion.
On August 7, 1782, George Washington ordered the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to be awarded for bravery in battle.