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Today in Military History – May 5th -The Whole Story

May 5th, 1961 – From Cape Canaveral, Florida, Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. is launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to travel into space. The suborbital flight, which lasted 15 minutes and reached a height of 116 miles into the atmosphere, was a major triumph for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NASA was established in 1958 to keep U.S. space efforts abreast of recent Soviet achievements, such as [...]

May 4, 2010 By Rich Military Military History

Today in Military History – May 4th – The Whole Story – Kent State

President Richard Nixon’s May 1st announcement of the American incursion into Cambodia leads to massive anti-Vietnam war protests on college campuses nationwide. At Kent State University students burned the ROTC building and rioted in downtown Kent. The governor of Ohio dispatched Guardsmen from the 1st Battalion, 145th Infantry and several Troops of the 107th Armored Cavalry (at peak strength a total of 1,395 men) to restore order in Kent. These men were already on state active duty in response [...]

May 4, 2010 By Rich Military Military History

Today in Military History – May 3rd – The Whole Story

May 3rd, 1942 the first day of the first modern naval engagement in history, called the Battle of the Coral Sea, a Japanese invasion force succeeds in occupying Tulagi of the Solomon Islands in an expansion of Japan’s defensive perimeter. The United States, having broken Japan’s secret war code and forewarned of an impending invasion of Tulagi and Port Moresby, attempted to intercept the Japanese armada. Four days of battles between Japanese and American aircraft carriers resulted in 70 [...]

May 2, 2010 By Rich Military Military History

Today in Military History – May 2nd – The Whole Story

May 2nd, 1863 Stonewall Jackson administers a devastating defeat to the Army of the Potomac. In one of the most stunning upsets of the war, a vastly outnumbered Army of Northern Virginia sent the Army of the Potomac, commanded by General Joseph Hooker, back to Washington in defeat. Hooker, who headed for Lee’s army confident and numerically superior, had sent part of his force to encounter Lee’s troops at Fredericksburg the day before, while the rest swung west to [...]

May 1, 2010 By Rich Military Military History

Today in Military History – May 1st – The Whole Story

CED Solutions is honored to offer training for the Armed Forces of the United States and is proud to provide reduced-cost training to military service members. USS Olympia leads the way as Commodore Dewey attacks the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay, May 1st, 1898. In 1896, as tensions with Spain began rising due to Cuba, the US Navy began planning for an attack on the Philippines in the event of war. First conceived at the US Naval War College, the attack [...]

May 1, 2010 By Rich Military Military History