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@USArmy @TRADOC @TRADOCCSM @TradocDCG @TradocCG @FortGreggAdams Adams’ service with the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) began in 1942 when the Army commissioned her to serve as a staff training officer, station control officer, and company commander. 
Founded in 1940, the 1st AD was the Army’s answer to the Nazi blitzkrieg juggernaut scything through Europe. After extensive training, the 1st AD saw its first action in North Africa, landing as part of the Operation TORCH invasion on 8 NOV 1942.
Dr. Walker was a trailblazing figure in American history, becoming a doctor during a time when women were not widely accepted in the physician’s profession and serving her country as the Union Army’s only female surgeon during the Civil War. 
Born the son of a tanner, Grant’s military career began at West Point in 1839. When the War with Mexico broke out in 1846, then-Lieutenant Grant earned a reputation as an excellent small-unit commander, earning multiple citations for bravery and merit.
After an American advance into British-controlled Canada led by MG James Wilkinson was checked just north of the border in MAR 1814, MG Jacob Brown led 3,500 American troops across the Niagara River on 3 JUL to seize Fort Erie. 
On the morning of 1 JUL, Union cavalrymen led by BG John Buford fought a dismounted delaying action against advance troops of LTG Ambrose P. Hill's corps northwest of town, employing breech-loading carbines with a superior rate of fire to slow the enemy. 
He hoped to exploit his victory at Chancellorsville by defeating the U.S. Army of the Potomac on Northern soil and forcing President Abraham Lincoln to open peace negotiations with the Confederacy.
In 1998 Kosovo, an autonomous region of Serbia which was home an ethnic Albanian majority and a sizable ethnic Serbian minority, became the site of a civil war between Albanian separatists and the Serbian government of the war criminal Slobodan Milošević.
The Iron Triangle was a heavily fortified zone commanding the approach to Seoul, and Harry was one of the UN's most important observation posts in the area, allowing UN forces to view and call accurate artillery strikes against the Chinese Army. 
The observance of Memorial Day originated with the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), an organization of veterans who served in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Revenue Cutter Service during the American Civil War, as a special day to honor their fallen comrades. @TradocCG
On 27 MAY the 41st ID began its attack when the first wave landed as planned, but strong currents pushed follow-on units west of their designated beaches. The Japanese garrison was surprised and offered little early resistance. 
On 31 January 1917, Count Johann von Bernstorff, Germany's Ambassador to the United States, notified U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing of his country's intention to resume unrestricted submarine warfare the following day.
After U.S. forces penetrated the Confederate outer defense line by capturing Forts Henry and Donelson, President Abraham Lincoln ordered Major General Henry Halleck to coordinate the operations of the four western armies.
Originally developed in the early 1950’s as a first-generation main battle tank, the M48 was quickly modified in several variants. The model which was most common in the Vietnam War was the M48A3, developed in the late 1950’s. 
South Korea was the second-greatest contributor of forces, sending over 300,000 soldiers to Vietnam from 1965 – 1972, where they earned a reputation for combat efficiency. By the end of 1972, most foreign forces in-country were South Korean.
After another slow, arduous advance over rugged terrain, in poor weather, against a determined, well-entrenched, and skillful enemy, by April 1945 the superbly led and combat-hardened Allied 15th Army Group enjoyed overwhelming numerical superiority on the ground and in the air.
Westmoreland’s career began at West Point, after which he climbed up the ranks during WWII, during which he garnered a sterling reputation. He further burnished his career by becoming the youngest MG in the U.S. Army in 1956 and superintendent of West Point in 1960.
A direct successor to the famous U.S. Army-operated Armed Forces Radio Service radio stations of WWII, AFVN began broadcasting in Saigon under the banner of Armed Forces Radio Saigon in AUG 1962. As the network grew it was renamed AFVN.
Located at a strategic position on the highways to Karbala and Baghdad, the 3rd ID began to encircle Najaf on 24 MAR. That night, the 11th Aviation Regiment’s AH-64 Apache helicopters staged a deep-penetration assault against the elite Iraqi Medina Division near the city. 
Although derisively considered a "sideshow" by many historians, operations in Italy kept the enemy from sending reinforcements to oppose the main Allied effort in the drive across western Europe. 
MACV-SOG was created on 24 JAN 1964 as a joint task force dedicated to covert operations under the command of a U.S. Army Special Forces colonel; accession to the unit was strictly voluntary, and the Army 5th Special Forces Group provided the largest share of volunteers. #USArmy 
