Posted on 04/20/2017 12:11:52 PM PDT by fugazi
1861: Col. Robert E. Lee, considered for a top command by Gen. Winfield Scott (whom Lee served as a chief aide during the Mexican-American War), and having just rejected an offer of command in the Confederate Army, reluctantly resigns his commission in the U.S. Army following the secession of his home state of Virginia. In three days, Lee takes command of Virginia state forces - one of the first five generals appointed to the Confederate Army.
Meanwhile, Norfolk Navy Yard is abandoned and burned by Union forces to prevent it from falling into enemy hands after Virgnia's secession. The Confederates would do the same when they abandon the shipyard in May 1862.
1914: Following the arrest of U.S. sailors in Veracruz and the discovery of an illegal arms shipment from Germany to Gen. Victoriano Huerta's regime, Pres. Woodrow Wilson obtains Congress' approval to occupy the Mexican port. The following day, Marines and Naval "Bluejacket" infantry sieze...
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Operación rápido y furioso ?
Hilarious!
didn’t everybody?
Did you know that the Red Baron (Manfred von Richtofen) started World War I as a cavalry officer?
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Makes sense. After all, pilots think about as highly of themselves as old school cavalry officers did.
Rightly so, if they can survive in combat.
Yes, I did.
Nein! Operation schnell und wütend!
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