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The Wade-Davis Bill: Congressional Reconstruction The U.S. Congress passes a bill intended to supersede Abraham Lincoln’s lenient plan for readmitting Confederate states to the Union. This mandates a much more punitive process of readmission, but …

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4 July 1864, nine months before Civil War ended, Lincoln, then Grant's Commander-in-Chief, vetoed the Wade-Davis Bill which required 50% of a Southern state's white male voters to take a loyalty oath to the United States before forming a new state government.

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Sullivan, Marcus L. (3rd Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster) Headquarters, 25th Infantry Division General Orders No. 247 - 25 October 1950 Captain Marcus L. Sullivan, 01999254, Artillery, 159th Field Artillery Battalion, United States Army. The third Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight is awarded to the [above named officer]. During the period indicated [18 September to 20 September 1950] [this officer] performed ten combat missions in support of the 25th Infantry Division. By [his] accurate spotting of targets for United Nations aircraft and by obtaining valuable reconnaissance information [he] contributed materially to the success of Division operations. Entered the military service from Texas. 27 December 1950, during Korean War, Captain Marcus L Sullivan was the first US Army aviator to pilot a helicopter, a Bell H-13, in Korea.

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25 October 1950, Captain Marcus L Sullivan, US Army, received third Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal, the aerial equivalent of the Bronze Star, for meritorious achievement signifying a total of four awards of the Air Medal.

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26 September 26 1945, A. Peter Dewey, US Army, was killed in Vietnam, becoming the first U.S. casualty in what would become the Viet Nam war which officially began 1 November 1955.

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The names on Vietnam Veterans Memorial aka The Wall are listed chronologically by American's date of death in the Viet Nam war. Major Dale R. Buis is first name inscribed on it and Master Sergeant Chester Melvin Ovnand is second name inscribed.

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8 July 1959 – first Americans killed in Viet Nam (at a Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) compound in Bien Hoa, 20 miles northeast of Saigon) are Major Dale R. Ruis and Master Sgt. Chester M. Ovnand. Ruis, 37, had arrived in-country two days before.

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12 October 1945, conscientious objector - refused to bear arms due to moral, ethical or religious beliefs Private First Class Desmond Doss, US Army, presented highest military award Medal of Honor.

You shall not murder.
Exodus 20:13

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5 August 1943. US Army Air Forces’ Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) led by Nancy Harkeness Love and Women’s Flying Training Detachment led by Jackie Cochran combined to be Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP).

WASP granted Veteran status 23 November 1977

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9 April 1865, traitor's racist white supremacist's aka Confederates LOST their war against the United States of America.

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“Sir! No Sir!” is a documentary about the Viet Nam pro-Peace movement that ended the war as it started with GIs, then grew into a problem for the US government as civilians joined in.

National Vietnam War Veterans Day is 29 March

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Not everyone who lost their life in Vietnam died there.
Not everyone who came home from Vietnam ever left there.

Welcome Home

National Vietnam War Veterans Day is 29 March

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National Vietnam War Veterans Day is 29 March

Who won and who lost is not a question. In war, no one wins or loses. There is only destruction. Only those who have never fought like to argue about who won and who lost.
--Bao Ninh

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Saw bad man. Bit bad man. End of report.
--Sallie, US Army, 11th Pennsylvania Infantry. 2x wounded, KIA two months before war's end. Statue in her honor at Gettysburg National Military Park.

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National K9 Veterans Day 13 March

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Lex, US Marine Corps bomb sniffing German Shepherd Served two Iraq tours, Purple Heart recipient. He was severely wounded when his handler, Corporal Dustin J. Lee, was killed in action.

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National K9 Veterans Day is 13 March

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Lance Corporal Opha May, first US Marine Corps female Devil Dog. Named in honor of Opha May Johnson, who in 1918, became the first woman sworn into Service with the Marine Corps.

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National K9 Veterans Day is 13 March

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Sergeant Major Jiggs, US Marine Corps Devil Dog. Buried with full military honors at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia.

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National K9 Veterans Day is 13 March

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Sgt Stubby, US Army, 102nd Infantry Regiment, 26th (Yankee) Division, the Hero Dog of WWI.

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National K9 Veterans Day is 13 March

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17 March 1962, Russian ship asked US Coast Guard for help. USCG flew in US Navy doctor and Corpsman to perform emergency operation. Injured then flown to Elmendorf AFB, admitted to US Air Force hospital.

US military and National Guard: largest humanitarian aid org.

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17 March 1947, first flight of the North American B-45 Tornado strategic bomber. It was the US Air Force’s first operational jet bomber, and the first multi-jet engine bomber in the world to be refueled in midair.

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Avenger aircraft from Composite Squadron Six (VC-6) based onboard USS Block Island (CVE-21), along with USS Corry (DD-463) and USS Bronstein (DE-189) sank Nazi German U-boat U-801 in the Atlantic Ocean 17 March 1944.

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Evacuation Day, 17 March 1776, was withdrawal of British troops and loyalists from Boston harbor after 11-month siege. Washington’s General Orders of the day set password and countersign for safe re-entry into the city as “Boston” and “St. Patrick,” respectively.

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A substantial percentage of the Continental Army claimed Irish ancestry. Irish Presbyterian settlers were largest immigrant group (200,000+) to arrive in the colonies in the 18th century.

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A brave and generous people.
--Washington's St. Patrick's Day Proclamation of 1780

17 March 1780, Commander in Chief General George Washington issued a general order to commemorate St. Patrick’s Day.

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9 April 1865, traitors-racist white supremacists aka Confederates LOST their war against the United States of America.

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National Vietnam War Veterans Day 29 March

A few facts about Vietnam Veterans Memorial aka The Wall

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27 June is National Post Traumatic Disorder Awareness Day

Military PTSD, previously known as shell shock, soldier’s heart, combat fatigue, war neurosis, has been known about for centuries, as widely known during ancient times.

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Last Monday in May is Memorial Day. It is to honor, reflect upon and remember those who died while Serving in the US Armed Forces to protect the Constitution.

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#HispanicHeritageMonth is 15 September - 15 October. Honor, support and thank our Hispanic Latino Veterans for they've Served from America's beginning and have been and continue to be a vital part in US military history.

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A History of the Army Reserve The history of the Army Reserve stretches as far back as 1756, and has since become an integeral part of America's force operations.

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US Army Reserve's birthday is 23 April. Its history dates back to the 1756-1763 French and Indian War and includes all of America's wars since. Army Reserve's role has evolved to include combat support and humanitarian aid.

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The Air Force Reserve: Then and Now The Air Force Reserve has fought Adolf Hitler’s Nazi forces, flown dangerous missions against North Korea and mobilized for the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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While the historical origins of an air reserve in the U.S. military stem from the National Defense Act of 1916 that authorized an organized Reserve Corps, the Air Force Reserve was formally established 14 April 1948, by President Harry Truman (Dem).

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5 April is Gold Star Spouses Day to honor and support the surviving spouses of Service members who have died while Serving their country.

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