Quote of the Day
"Who can describe such a conflict as is raging around us? To say that it was like a summer storm, with the crash of thunder, the glare of lightning, the shrieking of the wind, and the clatter of hailstones, would be weak."
"Who can describe such a conflict as is raging around us? To say that it was like a summer storm, with the crash of thunder, the glare of lightning, the shrieking of the wind, and the clatter of hailstones, would be weak."
-- Union Lt. Frank A. Haskell, describing his experience on the third day at Gettysburg, 1863
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Operation Iraqi Freedom
Troops Seize Weapons, Suspects
Insurgents Changed Tactics
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Diablo Reach Back Targets Militia
Mountain Warfare Instructors Train Troops Photos
NATO Commander Meets With Karzai
Fox News
Iraqi Journalist Murdered in Mosul
Alleged Zarqawi Video Slams Bush
Afghan Clashes Kill 18 Taliban, Two Soldiers
Abbas Invites Hamas to Join Cabinet
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Marines to help Iraqi troops police Iraq
Gladiators battle in revived Jordan games
Ex-Iranian agent: Photo not Ahmadinejad
Hamas mulls offer to join Abbas gov't
Israelis, Arabs see groundbreaking film
Two suicide attackers in Iraq kill six
Deadly attack puts focus on women soldiers
Kurdish rebels derail 2 trains in Turkey
Shiite leader warns against Iraq violence
Suicide bomber kills 20 in Baghdad
Iraqi TV producer kidnapped, killed
Lebanon's Saniora begins work on Cabinet
Reuters: Top News
Abbas invites militant groups into government
Bush urges Americans to support Iraq campaign
Bomb kills 20 in Baghdad, slain cleric mourned
US seeks missing; at least four die in Afghan blast
Bush asks Senate for fairness on high court opening
U.S. Supreme Court Justice O'Connor retires
Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Envoy to Jump-Start Iraq Talks
CENTCOM: News Releases
DETAINEES RELEASED UNDER PTS PROGRAM
TROOPS FIND WEAPONS CACHE NEAR AR RAMADI
WEAPONS CACHE FOUND
UPDATE: COALITION GROUND FORCES SECURE CRASH SITE
Department of Defense
Iraqi Security Forces Make Progress — Story
Officials Announce Increase in Death Gratuity — Story
NATO Unit Jobs Critical to Afghan Security
ON THE GROUND
Iraqi Civilian Tip Leads to Weapons Cache — Story
AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
President Visits War Wounded — Story
PGA Tour, Players Clubs Team Up — Story
'We Thank Our Troops' Debuts
Singer Daniels Visits Miramar
TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
IN AFGHANISTAN
Battles Near Kandahar Kill 3 Enemies
U.S. Recovers Fallen Copter's Crew
NATO Unit Deploys to Afghanistan
Afghanistan Daily Update
Alleged Zarqawi Video Slams Bush
Afghan Clashes Kill 18 Taliban, Two Soldiers
Abbas Invites Hamas to Join Cabinet
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Marines to help Iraqi troops police Iraq
Gladiators battle in revived Jordan games
Ex-Iranian agent: Photo not Ahmadinejad
Hamas mulls offer to join Abbas gov't
Israelis, Arabs see groundbreaking film
Two suicide attackers in Iraq kill six
Deadly attack puts focus on women soldiers
Kurdish rebels derail 2 trains in Turkey
Shiite leader warns against Iraq violence
Suicide bomber kills 20 in Baghdad
Iraqi TV producer kidnapped, killed
Lebanon's Saniora begins work on Cabinet
Reuters: Top News
Abbas invites militant groups into government
Bush urges Americans to support Iraq campaign
Bomb kills 20 in Baghdad, slain cleric mourned
US seeks missing; at least four die in Afghan blast
Bush asks Senate for fairness on high court opening
U.S. Supreme Court Justice O'Connor retires
Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Envoy to Jump-Start Iraq Talks
CENTCOM: News Releases
DETAINEES RELEASED UNDER PTS PROGRAM
TROOPS FIND WEAPONS CACHE NEAR AR RAMADI
WEAPONS CACHE FOUND
UPDATE: COALITION GROUND FORCES SECURE CRASH SITE
Department of Defense
Iraqi Security Forces Make Progress — Story
Officials Announce Increase in Death Gratuity — Story
NATO Unit Jobs Critical to Afghan Security
ON THE GROUND
Iraqi Civilian Tip Leads to Weapons Cache — Story
AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
President Visits War Wounded — Story
PGA Tour, Players Clubs Team Up — Story
'We Thank Our Troops' Debuts
Singer Daniels Visits Miramar
TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
IN AFGHANISTAN
Battles Near Kandahar Kill 3 Enemies
U.S. Recovers Fallen Copter's Crew
NATO Unit Deploys to Afghanistan
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
WAR ON TERRORISM
Officials Release Strategy
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
MILITARY NEWS
General Lauds Education Group
Senate Confirms New Air Force Chief
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Citigroup Teams With ESGR
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N.Y. Governor's Son Joins Marines
National Guard, Reserve Update
WAR ON TERRORISM
Officials Release Strategy
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
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General Lauds Education Group
Senate Confirms New Air Force Chief
Veteran Biz Leaders Honor Troops
Citigroup Teams With ESGR
Guard Officer Talks Stress Issues
N.Y. Governor's Son Joins Marines
National Guard, Reserve Update
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Today in History
1754 - George Washington surrenders to the French at Fort Necessity, an event that would help trigger the French and Indian War (the European phase of which is the Seven Years' War).
1775 - Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, MA.
1778 - British Tory and Native American forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pa, after the Battle of Wyoming.
1814 - Americans capture Fort Erie, Canada.
1816 - The French frigate "Medusa" runs aground the French frigate Medusa runs aground on the Arguin Bank, off the west coast of Africa. 150 men and women make it onto a makeshift raft; only 15 survive the elements, mutiny, starvation, and cannibalism to be rescued two weeks later. The event causes such a political scandal that it almost destroys the French government.
1778 - British Tory and Native American forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pa, after the Battle of Wyoming.
1814 - Americans capture Fort Erie, Canada.
1816 - The French frigate "Medusa" runs aground the French frigate Medusa runs aground on the Arguin Bank, off the west coast of Africa. 150 men and women make it onto a makeshift raft; only 15 survive the elements, mutiny, starvation, and cannibalism to be rescued two weeks later. The event causes such a political scandal that it almost destroys the French government.
1819 - The first U.S. savings bank opens (Bank of Savings, NYC).
1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg ends as a Union victory after Pickett's Charge devastates Lee's army.
1890 - Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
1898 - The U.S. Navy defeats the Spanish fleet in Santiago de Cuba.
1915 - U.S. military forces occupy Haiti, remaining until 1934.
1920 - The Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England.
1930 - The Veterans Administration is created.
1940 - The British Royal Navy sinks the Vichy French fleet off North Africa.
1950 - For the first time U.S. and North Korean forces clash in the Korean War.
1962 - The Algerian Revolution against the French ends (Algeria gains its independence on July 5th).
1974 - Soyuz 14 carries two cosmonauts to the Salyut 3 space station.
1976 - Israel launches the rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being
held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers. One hostage not rescued because she had been taken to a hospital was murdered on the orders of Idi Amin.
1986 - President Reagan presides over the relighting of the renovated Statue of Liberty.
1988 - The U.S. Navy shoots down an Iranian civilian jetliner over the Persian Gulf after it fails to responds to requests to identify itself; 290 are killed. The circumstances surrounding the shoot-down are still highly debated.
Birthdays
1423 - Louis XI king of France (1461-83)
1567 - Samuel de Champlain explorer (Lake Champlain)
1731 - Samuel Huntington (Gov-Ct), Continental Congress pres
1909 - Earl L Butz US Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76); a real Butz
1943 - Geraldo Rivera aka Gerry Rivers, nosey newsman (Geraldo)
1943 - Norman E Thagard Marianna Fl, MD/astronaut (STS 7, 51-B, 30, 42)
Passings
1969 - Brian Jones (Rolling Stones), drowned
1971 - Jim Morrison (Doors), heart failure
1989 - Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat
Reported Missing in Action
1966
Gage, Robert H., USMC (OH); disappeared in Da Nang after completing his tour, while awaiting passage home
Phillips, David J., Jr., USAF (FL); F5C shot down; presumed KIA, body not recovered
Reno, Ralph J., US Army SF (NC); passenger on a CH34 that crashed; presumed Killed, body not recovered
1967
Seymour, Leo E., US Army SF , previously served four years USMC (PA); unaccounted for after firefight
1972
Cuthbert, Stephen H., USAF (CA); F4E shot down, remains returned September 1989, ID'd December, 1990
Marshall, Marion A., USAF NAV(MD); F4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973, USAF Lt. Colonel as of 1998 - alive as of 1998
1890 - Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
1898 - The U.S. Navy defeats the Spanish fleet in Santiago de Cuba.
1915 - U.S. military forces occupy Haiti, remaining until 1934.
1920 - The Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England.
1930 - The Veterans Administration is created.
1940 - The British Royal Navy sinks the Vichy French fleet off North Africa.
1950 - For the first time U.S. and North Korean forces clash in the Korean War.
1962 - The Algerian Revolution against the French ends (Algeria gains its independence on July 5th).
1974 - Soyuz 14 carries two cosmonauts to the Salyut 3 space station.
1976 - Israel launches the rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being
held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers. One hostage not rescued because she had been taken to a hospital was murdered on the orders of Idi Amin.
1986 - President Reagan presides over the relighting of the renovated Statue of Liberty.
1988 - The U.S. Navy shoots down an Iranian civilian jetliner over the Persian Gulf after it fails to responds to requests to identify itself; 290 are killed. The circumstances surrounding the shoot-down are still highly debated.
Birthdays
1423 - Louis XI king of France (1461-83)
1567 - Samuel de Champlain explorer (Lake Champlain)
1731 - Samuel Huntington (Gov-Ct), Continental Congress pres
1909 - Earl L Butz US Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76); a real Butz
1943 - Geraldo Rivera aka Gerry Rivers, nosey newsman (Geraldo)
1943 - Norman E Thagard Marianna Fl, MD/astronaut (STS 7, 51-B, 30, 42)
Passings
1969 - Brian Jones (Rolling Stones), drowned
1971 - Jim Morrison (Doors), heart failure
1989 - Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat
Reported Missing in Action
1966
Gage, Robert H., USMC (OH); disappeared in Da Nang after completing his tour, while awaiting passage home
Phillips, David J., Jr., USAF (FL); F5C shot down; presumed KIA, body not recovered
Reno, Ralph J., US Army SF (NC); passenger on a CH34 that crashed; presumed Killed, body not recovered
1967
Seymour, Leo E., US Army SF , previously served four years USMC (PA); unaccounted for after firefight
1972
Cuthbert, Stephen H., USAF (CA); F4E shot down, remains returned September 1989, ID'd December, 1990
Marshall, Marion A., USAF NAV(MD); F4E shot down, released by DRV March, 1973, USAF Lt. Colonel as of 1998 - alive as of 1998
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