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"This Day in Army History"
One-Minute Video Series


U.S. Army History and Heritage Video series
Episode 1: Battle of Yorktown

"This Day in Army History" One-Minute video series

Year Date Title Theater
06Jun 14 Army Contributions to Society: Exploring and Engineering
06Jun 14 Army Contributions to Society: Medicine
1775 06Jun 14 Army Birthday Commemoration
1776 12Dec 25 Battle of Trenton American Revolution
1781 01Jan 17 Battle of Cowpens Revolutionary War
1781 10Oct 19 Victory at Yorktown American Revolution
1815 01Jan 08 Battle of New Orleans War of 1812
1846 05May 12 Mexican American War begins Mexican–American War
1863 07Jul 01-03 Battle of Gettysburg Civil War
1918 09Sep 26 Meuse-Argonne WWI
1932 02Feb 22 Purple Heart Reauthorized
1941 12Dec 07 Attack on Pearl Harbor-Army focus WWII
1944 06Jun 06 D-Day Invasion of Normandy WWII
1944 12Dec 16 Battle of the Bulge begins WWII
1945 03Mar 07 Battle of Remagen Bridgehead begins GWOT
1945 05May 08 Victory in Europe (V-E Day) WWII
1945 09Sep 02 Victory over Japan (V-J Day) WWII
1950 06Jun 25 Korean War begins Korean War
1950 07Jul 05 Task Force Smith begins Korean War
1950 09Sep 16 Pusan Breakout Korean War
1951 01Jan 25 UN Offensive Operation Thunderbolt begins Korean War
1951 02Feb 13 Battle of Chipyong-Ni begins Korean War
1951 04Apr 22 Chinese and North Korean Spring Offensive begins Korean War
1951 09Sep 13 Heartbreak Ridge Korean War
1965 11Nov 14 Battle of Ia Drang Vietnam War
1967 01Jan 08 Operation Cedar Falls Vietnam War
1968 01Jan 30 Tet Offensive Vietnam War
1970 11Nov 21 Son Tay POW Camp Raid (Operation Ivory Coast) Vietnam War
1990 08Aug 01-07 Desert Shield begins GWOT
1991 01Jan 17 Desert Storm Air Campaign GWOT
1991 02Feb 24 Desert Storm Ground Campaign begins GWOT
1991 02Feb 26 Battle of 73 Easting Desert Storm
1991 04Apr 07 Operation Provide Comfort begins Gulf War
2001 09Sep 11 Attacks on the Homeland GWOT
2001 10Oct 07 OPN Enduring Freedom GWOT
2001 12Dec 06 Battle of Tora Bora begins in Afghanistan GWOT
2002 03Mar 01 Operation Anaconda Begins GWOT
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