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- On August 3, 1914, while heading west off the coast of Sicily, Admiral Souchon received the expected news that Germany had declared war on France. He also received an unexpected change in his orders. After attacking the Algerian coast. he was no
- the Breslau lay anchored off the southern coast of Italy.
On August 1, 1914, Admiral Souchon received a wireless telegraph message informing him that Germany had declared war on Russia, and would soon declare war on France.
Admiral
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- Four (HS-4) lifts off for a routine guard mail run, during exercises
off the U.S. west coast, 27 July 1954.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical
Center.
Joe Radigan, MACM, USN, Ret.
- flight deck, during operations off
the Korean coast, 14 November 1950. Planes on deck are Marine Corps F4U-4B Corsair fighters.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center (# NH 97372).
NHC
- the USS Badoeng
Strait (CVE-116) off the coast of Korea. NARA photo.
Fred Weiss
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USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) on station off Korea in January 1952
(photo # 80-G-442614).
NHC
NS0311618
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- followed for protection. A Mexican
custom guard fired at the American official, missed him but killed Private
Klint. Instantly Corporal William H. Tucker of Company H shot the Mexican
officer. More Mexican guards came running and started
- Shuman.
Manning the international guard station In Nogales were details from
the Thirty-fifth Infantry. And patrolling east and west along the border
were cavalry detachments. Lieutenant Colonel Frederick J. Herman, Tenth
- the trails into town, and the
Sonora border guards at the crossing gate had adapted a changed and officious
attitude. Such an explosive condition seemingly only awaited an incident
for ignition,
At 4:10 PM. on August 27, 1918, a
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- General Averell, was
formed into a rear guard on the morning of the
2d. So skilfully [sic] was this force
handled that its object was fully carried out,
almost without loss, and Harrison's Landing reached
in safety, Here
- General Averell, was
formed into a rear guard on the morning of the
2d. So skilfully [sic] was this force
handled that its object was fully carried out,
almost without loss, and Harrison's Landing reached
in safety, Here
- was ordered to relieve
the 4th Infantry in guarding the Antietam Creek
bridge. This position was held until about noon
of the 17th, when a force of cavalry and horse
artillery was crossed. This drew a heavy fire
from the
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- intervention of your Majesty's Government to safeguard the integrity of Belgium.
No. 26.
Count de Lalaing, Belgian Minister at London, to M. Davignon, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs
London, August 3, 1914. (Telegram.)
I showed
- intervention of your Majesty's Government to safeguard the integrity of Belgium.
No. 26.
Count de Lalaing, Belgian Minister at London, to M. Davignon, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs
London, August 3, 1914. (Telegram.)
I showed
- in the navigation of Antwerp will be safeguarded.
You will note that the Netherlands Government further ask that in the event of the war buoying being carried out, we should cause the lightships "Wielingen" and "Wandelaar" to be
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- figured in the fighting jut from
the west coast of the island--Facpi,
Bangi, Gaan, Asan, and Adelup.
On the northern end are Ritidian Point
and Pati Point. The largest island off
the coast is Cabras, a slender finger of
coral limestone about
- States agreed to remove the six
7-inch coastal guns that had been emplaced
on Guam. The last gun was
removed by 1930.
Japan withdrew from the arrangement
in 1936, but by then the treaty
had quashed some ambitious planning
by American
- of Sumay, overlooking
Apra Harbor. The Marines
guarded installations such as Piti Navy
Yard and the governor's palace.
Ten Marine aviators and their seaplanes
had been sent to Guam in 1921,
but they were withdrawn in 1931 and
no others came until
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- 1950. The battalion had furnished rear guard support for the troops evacuating North
Korea through the port of Hungnam. I was ordered to fly via Cub observation plane to X Corps Headquarters
near the eastern coast of
- operation called for landing a corps on the west coast of Luzon, then moving rapidly to Olongapo on Subic Bay,
then through Zigzag Pass across the base of the Bataan Peninsula to prevent the Japanese from moving into the
Bataan
- 1945, at a place called San Antonio on the west coast of Luzon.
We were met at the beach by Filipino civilians, no enemy. They lined the highway for much of the march to
Subic Bay. Many helped unload our transports. It was
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- Our non-classroom training
included guard duty, close order drill (marching), weapons, mess duty, rifle range (two weeks), gas chamber, field
marches, guard duty inside (fire watch), and guard duty outside (walking post day or
- we learned military courtesy, discipline, guard duty general orders, special orders, first aid,
weapons, and Marine Corps history. Our instructor was Staff Sergeant Ernest Umbaugh, who received the Navy
Cross and was killed
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- of the army
occurred because the pro-National Guard political bloc opposed. This
bloc thought the plans did not represent the National Guard as fully
as they should have. The National Guard also pressured McKinley
on the composition of
- The reserves, now known as the National Guard, insisted
that they be involved in any military action. The cancellation
of several of the plans on the size and composition of the army
occurred because the pro-National Guard political
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- the objective of defending the Russian coastline and
preventing any landings aimed at capturing Petrograd.
A major plank in this strategy was the laying of
offensive minefields off the Russian and
- the objective of defending the Russian coastline and
preventing any landings aimed at capturing Petrograd.
A major plank in this strategy was the laying of
offensive minefields off the Russian and
- off the Russian and German
coasts. These claimed many victims.
Although the
Russian Navy was active in the Baltic through until 1917,
probably its most significant contribution to the war at
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