on may 31st...
May. 31st, 2010 08:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
acroyear...1862: the Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks)
...1864: the Battle of Cold Harbor
...1918: Americans were now almost 1 year on the Front, and reeling from the German Spring Offensive
...1942: the American Navy, hurting from the losses at Coral Sea, were putting every resource necessary to win one good fight in the Pacific
...1943: Americans were assessing their losses and experiences in their North African victories and were moving to take the war to Italy in Sicily
...1943: Americans were supporting the Australians in New Guinea
...1944: Preparations were underway for the biggest land invasion in history, a mere week away.
...1944: Preparations were also underway for one of the biggest island invasions ever attempted by an American force
...1945: Americans were in the middle of one of the bloodiest campaigns, the 82 day battle of Okinawa
...1951: American and UN forces in Korea retake the 38th Parallel, having lost it to the Chinese and North Korean armies earlier in the year
...1965-1973: Viet Nam
...2002-2010: not a day goes by without some American soldier or group involved in some action, somewhere.
and that is just one day out of the year. as you take some time today from the bbq, or the renfaire, remember that.
...1864: the Battle of Cold Harbor
...1918: Americans were now almost 1 year on the Front, and reeling from the German Spring Offensive
...1942: the American Navy, hurting from the losses at Coral Sea, were putting every resource necessary to win one good fight in the Pacific
...1943: Americans were assessing their losses and experiences in their North African victories and were moving to take the war to Italy in Sicily
...1943: Americans were supporting the Australians in New Guinea
...1944: Preparations were underway for the biggest land invasion in history, a mere week away.
...1944: Preparations were also underway for one of the biggest island invasions ever attempted by an American force
...1945: Americans were in the middle of one of the bloodiest campaigns, the 82 day battle of Okinawa
...1951: American and UN forces in Korea retake the 38th Parallel, having lost it to the Chinese and North Korean armies earlier in the year
...1965-1973: Viet Nam
...2002-2010: not a day goes by without some American soldier or group involved in some action, somewhere.
and that is just one day out of the year. as you take some time today from the bbq, or the renfaire, remember that.
