From 1815 through 1820 David served in the Mediterranean and temporarily commanded the brig Spark. David’s father sadly died in 1817 while he was in the Mediterranean. In 1821 David passed the midshipman’s exam. For about two years after that from 1822 through 1824 David hunted pirates in the Carribean with his adopted father, David Porter. For a short time after hunting for pirates David commanded the schooner named the Ferret.
During the 1950’s, the 1st BN served with the 11th Airborne Div., 24th Infantry Div. and 82nd Airborne Div. until being assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade on 23 MAR 1963 on the island of Okinawa, Japan. In MAY 1965, the 1st BN deployed with the 173rd to Vietnam. Over the next 6 years in Vietnam, the BN took part in 12 Operations, 3 of the most notable were: -Prior to Operation Hump, SGT Larry Pierce earned the Medal of Honor.
In January 1907, having completed the required two years at sea, Nimitz was commissioned as a ensign. Leaving Baltimore, he served on several destroyers during 1907, including USS Decatur. While conning Decatur, Nimitz grounded the ship on a mud bank in the Philippines. Though he rescued a seaman from drowning in the wake of the incident, Nimitz was court-martialed and issued a letter of reprimand. Returning home, he was transferred to the submarine service in early 1909.
Before he was 20, August helped organize the North Berkeley Volunteer Fire Department, and in 1897, was awarded the Berkeley Fireman medal. He supported his mother and the rest of his family as a partner in Patterson and Vollmer, a hay, grain, wood and coal supply store, at the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Vine Street near a fire station north of downtown Berkeley. In 1898, August enlisted in the United States Marines, fighting in 25 battles in the Spanish–American War in the Philippines. Vollmer left the military in August 1899 and returned to Berkeley. In March 1900, he began working for the local post office.
Marine Corps Aviation History Name Institution Abstract The USMC had its humble beginnings in May 1912 when Lt Cunningham reported to duty in the newly created aviation camp in Annapolis. Since then, the force has undergone notable changes. Its initial operations were in the WW 1, which were marred by inadequate personnel and equipment. However, in the inter-war years, it managed to improve its strength in minor operations launched in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and China. In the WW11, upon assault from the Japanese, the naval air force demonstrated its strength through the defeat and subsequent occupation of Okinawa.
Richard Winters enlisted in the U.S Army in August 25, 1941 in order to shorten his time in the service. He under went his basic training at Camp Croft, South Carolina in September of 1914 to help train draftees and volunteers. In April of 1942 Richard Winter was selected to attend Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant after graduating from OCS in July 2, 1942. Second Lieutenant Richard Winter was then assigned to Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division serving as 2nd Lieutenant, While serving as a platoon commander of Easy Company he gained the mutual respect and the trust of the men who later be part of one of the largest invasions known to mankind.
In April Lewis, Clark, and thirty other men recruited for the “Corps of Discovery” meet in St. Louis and prepare for the journey up the Missouri River to the Pacific coast. The journey then begins the following month. The men travel on barges, canoes, and by river along the river. Jefferson instructs Lewis to keep a journal and enter daily measurement of latitude and longitude and also any
Events will be directed as precise as possible. American marines had finally moved to Europe under General Barnett’s direction on June 14, 1917, but were scattered across France to do menial tasks until they were moved to the front on March, 1918. Marines sat in trenches for 53 days waiting for further orders and suffered 872 casualties from regular artillery fire, although there was no other activity until in May. German commander Ludendorff started an offensive strike that made the closest distance
These figures are the folk hero Johnny Appleseed, the aristocrat frontier Margaret Blennerhasset, Lewis and Clark explorer York, Iroquois Chief John Logan, and Oliver Hazard Perry. Perry will be featured on June 27, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at Urbana University. Oliver Hazard Perry was born on August 23, 1785 in South Kingston, Rhode Island to United States Naval officer and wife. At a young age, Perry would sail with his father all over the world. He soon became a commissioned lieutenant in the United States Army.
Zheng He was born in Yunnan, a southwestern province of China (Encyclopedia of Asian History, 1988.) He was raised Muslim by his parents, but then converted to Christianity (Xinhua News Agency.) He’s journey started in June of 1405 (Historic World Leaders, 1994.) 200 ships were used on his first journey (culturalchina.com), which lasted six years (Historic World Leaders, 1994.) On his first journey, he traveled to Malacca, Palembang, and Calicut (World Eras, 2003.)