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Today in Military History May 7

Today in Military History May 7

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May 7 1592 – Battle of Okpo ends (Imjin War) (Naval) https://amzn.to/3bb5fbE
May 7 1862 – Battle of West Point (also Barhamsville or Eltham’s Landing) (US Civil War)
May 7 1864 – Sherman’s March on Atlanta begins; Battle of Rocky Face Ridge begins; Battle of Port Walthall Junction ends (US Civil War) https://amzn.to/3xT566k

May 7 1937 – German Condor Legion Fighter Group arrives in Spain

May 7 1941 – German weather ship München captured near Iceland; Battle of South Shanxi begins (Second Sino-Japanese War) https://amzn.to/3xUARvS
May 7 1943 – Allies take Tunis and Bizerta; Japan takes Buthidaung (WWII) https://amzn.to/3f5giEr
May 7 1950 – Battle of Yiwu ends (Chinese Civil War) https://amzn.to/3f0HZhz
May 7 1954 – Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends (First Indochina War) https://amzn.to/3uyNbQk
May 7 1970 – Medal of Honor recipient Kenneth M. Kays actions occur this day
May 7 1975 – The official end of the “Vietnam Era” per US law https://amzn.to/2R4MDDl
May 7 2006 – Second Battle of Mogadishu begins (Somali Civil War)
May 7 2009 – Battle of Am Dam begins (Civil War in Chad)
May 7 2011 – Battle of Kandahar begins (War in Afghanistan) https://amzn.to/3uGqJFb

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How a major Vietnam battle was hidden from the public for decades with Ed Sherwood

Ed Sherwood led an infantry platoon at Tam Ky in Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry, fighting with the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division and was wounded in action on June 2, 1969. He served as an infantry officer until retiring from active duty as a Lieutenant Colonel. He wrote a book about the battle he was a part of and we spoke about the war, the book, and the battle. Courage Under Fire: The 101st Airborne’s Hidden Battle at Tam Ky (Casemate, 2021)

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Today in Military History: April 30

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1305 – Catalan Company battle with the Alans (Turkey)

1524 – Battle of Sesia Romagnano (Italy)
1781 – Battle of Fort Royal ends (American Revolutionary War) (Naval)
1794 – Battle of Boulou (War of the Pyrenees)
1803 – Louisiana Purchase Treaty between the US and Napoleon signed
1848 –Skirmish of Pastrengo (First Italian War of Independence)
1849 – Battle in Rome (First Italian War of Independence
1860 – Second Battle of Fort Defiance (Navajo Wars)

1861 – Federals evacuate Fort Washita and the Indian Territory (US Civil War)
1863 – Stoneman cavalry raid begins (US Civil War); Battle at Camerone (Second Franco-Mexican War)
1865 – Confederates in Alabama and Mississippi agree to truce (US Civil War)
1904 – Battle of the Yalu River begins (Russo-Japanese War)
1942 – Destruction of Telavag (WWII)
1943 – Operation Husky corpse released near Spanish port (WWII)
1945 – Adolf Hitler commits suicide; Battle of Triest begins; Mar Ostrava taken (WWII)
1951 – CCF Offensive stopped north of Seoul (Korean War)
1952 – Wonsan Harbor Naval duel (Korean War)
1967 – Operation Francis Marion ends (Vietnam War)
1968 – Battle at Dai Do (Vietnam War)
1972 – North Vietnam invades South Vietnam (Vietnam War)

1975 – 1975 Spring Offensive ends; Operation Frequent Wind ends; Saigon taken (Vietnam War)

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