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TODAY'S DATE:
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Selected dates from the Veterans of Foreign Wars Calendar provided by the Veterans of the Foreign Wars of the United States. |
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1
Assault on fire
Base Burt (1968) |
8
Operation Cedar Falls (1967) |
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17
Operation Desert Storm (1991) |
20
Battle of Khe Sanh Began (1968) |
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22
Allies Land at Anzio, Italy (1944) |
25
Operation Thunderbolt Began (1951) |
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27
Signing of Vietnam Peace Accord (1973) |
30
Tet Offensive Began (1968) |
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31
Battle of Hue Began (1968) |
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1
National Freedom Day |
5
Battle of Hill 440 Began 1951 |
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8
Boy Scouts of America Founded |
12
Operation Homecoming Began (1973) |
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15
Sinking of USS Main (1898) |
16
Siege of Wonsan Began (1951 |
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19
U.S. Marine Landed on Iwo Jima (1945) |
22
Operation Junction City Began (1967) |
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23
U.S. Marines raised flag on Mt. Suribachi (Battle of Iow Jima) (1945)
Post-Tet Offensive Began (1969) |
24
Operation Desert Storm Ground Campaign Began (1991) |
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26
Battle of 73 Easting (1991) |
27
Battle of Medina Ridge (1991)
Battle of Norfolk (1991) |
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2
Battle of Bismarck Sea Began (1943)
Operation Rolling Thunder Began (1965) |
3
"Star Spangled Banner" Made U.S. National Anthem (1931) |
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4
Operation Utah (1966) |
7
Operation Ripper Began (1951) |
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11
Operation Resolve to Win Began (1968) |
12
Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Founded (1912) |
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17
Camp Fire Boys and Girls Establsihed (1910) |
18
Operation Breakfast (1969) |
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1
Invasion of Okinawa Began (1945)
Operation Pegasus Began
(1968) |
5
Operation Rugged Began |
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6
Operation Linebaker Began (1972) |
8
Siege of An Loc Began
(1972) |
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9
Fall of Bataan (1942) |
10
Bataan Death March (1942)
Battle for Lang Vei Began (1968) |
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11
Persian Gulf War Official Cease Fire (1991) |
16
Battle of Pork Chop Hill Began (1953) |
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18
Doolittle Raid on Japan (1942) |
19
Operation Delaware Began (1968) |
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20
Operation Little Switch Began (1953) |
24
Battle of the Hills Began (1967) |
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1
Cambodia Campaign Began (1970) |
2
German Unconditional Surender to Italian Allies (1945) |
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5
Fall of Corregidor (1942)
Mini-Tet Began (1968) |
8
V-E Day: German Unconditional Surrender Signed (1945)
U.S. Navy Mined North Vietnamese Ports (1972) |
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10
Battle of Hamburger Hill (1969)
Operation Linebacker (1972) |
15
Peace Officers Memorial Day |
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17
Armed Forces Day |
26
Memorial Day Observed |
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3
Battle of Midway Began (1942) |
6
D-Day: Allied Invasion of Europe (1944)
Operation Counter Began (1952) |
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10
Battle for Punchbowl Began (1951)
Siege of Outpost Harry Began (1953) |
14
U.S. Army Founded (1775)
FLAG DAY |
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22
Pledge of Allegiance Recognized by Congress (1942)
GI Bill Signed into Law (1944) |
25
Korean War Began (1950) |
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29
First U.S. Ground Forces arrived in Korea (1950) |
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1
Borneo Campaign Ended Unopposed (1945)
Siege of Fire Base Ripcord Began (1970) |
2
U.S. Army Air Corps Establisted (1926)
Korean War's Only U.S. Sea Battle (1950)
Operation Buffalo Began (1967) |
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4
INDEPENDENCE DAY |
5
Battle of Osan (1950) |
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9
Battle of Minh Thanh Road (1966) |
10
Operation Husky (1943) |
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13
Battle of Kum River Began (1950)
Battle of Kumsong River Salient Began (1953) |
16
Operation Kingfischer Began (1967) |
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17
Battle for Old Baldy Egan (1952) |
19
Battle of Taejon Began (1950) |
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24
Final U.S. Ground Combat of Korean War Began (1953) |
27
Korean War Ended (1953)
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day |
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2
Operation Desert Shield Began (1990) |
4
U.S. Coast Guard Established (1790)
Defense of Pusan/Naktong Perimeter Began (1950) |
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7
Purple Heart Medal Established (1782)
Battle of Guadalcanal (1942) |
12
Battle of Bunker Hill (Hill 122) Began (1952) |
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14
Japan Surrendered, Ending WWII (1945) |
15
Allied Invasion of Southern France (1944) |
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18
Battle of Bloody Ridge Began (1951) |
29
Korean War's Largest Air Raid (1952) |
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1
Largest All-Navy Raid (1952)
Labor Day |
2
V-J Day: Japan Signed Formal Surrender (1945) |
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9
Operation Avalanche (Allies Land at Salerno, Italy) |
10
U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps Incorporated (1962) |
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11
Siege of Con Thien Began (1967)
Patriot Day |
13
Battle of Heartbreak Ridge Began (1951) |
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14
"Star Spangled Banner" written by Francis Scott Key (1814)
Operation Attleboro Began (1966) |
15
Inchon Landing (1950) |
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16
Naktong Perimeter Breakout Began (1950) |
17
U.S. Constitution Approval (1787)
Operation Market Garden (1944)
Constitution Day |
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18
U.S. Air Force Established (1947)
Inchon Operation and Liberation of Seoul Began (1950)
Operation Uphold Democracy (1994) |
19
POW/MIA Recognition Day |
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21
Operation Summit (1951) |
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7
Operation Enduring Freedom (Military Phase) Began (2001) |
8
Operation Jefferson Glenn (1971) |
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9
Invasion of North Korea (1950) |
12
Bombing of USS Cole (2000) |
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13
U.S. Navy Established (1775) |
14
Operation Showdown/Battle of Hill 598 (Sniper Ridge) Began (1952) |
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20
Korean War's First Airborne Operation (1950) |
23
Battle for Leyte Gulf (1944)
Battle of the Ia Drang Valley Began (1965)
Beirut Terrorist Attack (1983) |
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25
Operaton Urgent Fury (1983) |
27
NAVY DAY |
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29
Battle of Loc Ninh Began (1967) |
31
Operation Rolling Thunder Ended (1968) |
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1
Northernmost U.S. Action of Korean War (1950) |
3
Battle of Dak To Began (1967) |
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8
Operation Torch Began (Invasion of North Africa) (1942)
First All-Jet Combat in History (1950) |
10
U.S. Marine Corps Established (1775) |
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11
Signing of WWI Armistice (1918)
VETERANS DAY |
27
Battle of the Chosin Reservoir Began (1950) |
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7
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day |
10
Wonsan-Hungnam Campaign Ended (1950) |
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15
Bill of Rights Day |
16
Battle of the Bulge Began (1944) |
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17
Operation Just Cause (1989) |
18
Operation Linebacker II (Christmas Bombing) (1972) |
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24
USAF Began Strikes on Laos (1964) |
31
Official End of WWII (1946) |