Calendar of Important Dates
* – INDICATES — FLY OUR FLAG
** – INDICATES — FLY OUR FLAG at 1/2 STAFF (additional information)
1st 1951 Chinese push UN forces south of the 38th parallel – Korean War
1st 1863 Emancipation Proclamation
8th 1967 Operation Cedar Falls – Vietnam War
14th 1972 The 173rd Airborne Brigade was de-activated
*3rd Monday Martin Luuther King Jr. Day
17th 1991 Operation Desert Storm – Gulf War
*20th Inauguration Day
20th 1968 Battle of Khe Sanh – Vietnam War
22nd 1944 Anzio invasion – WWII
25th 1951 Operation Thunderbolt – Korean War
25th 2002 The 173rd 2/503 Battalion was re-activated
27th 1973 Treaty of Paris was signed – Vietnam War
27th 1943 First U.S. Air Raid on Germany
31st 1865 The 13th Amendment was approved to abolish slavery
1st 1944 1st Battle of Monte Cassino
2nd 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe – War with Mexico
3rd “Four Chaplains Day” in honor of WWII heroes
4th 1899 Philippine War started
*12th Abraham Lincoln´s birthday
14th 1966 Rochester adopts the 173rd Airborne
14 Week National Salute Hospitalized Veterans
15th 1898 USS Maine sunk – Spanish American War
*3rd Monday Presidents Day
19th 1945 The Battle of Iwo Jima – WWII
22nd 1967 The 1st 173rd parachute assault in Vietnam
*22nd George Washington´s Birthday
23rd 1945 First flag raising on Iwo Jima at 10:20AM – WWII
23rd 1945 Iwo Jima 2nd flag raising at 02:30 PM – WWII
24th 1991 Desert Storm ground assault – Gulf War
26th 1991 Marines retook Kuwait Embassy
27th 1942 Battle of Java Sea -WWII
28th 1991 Kuwait liberated – Persian Gulf War
3rd 1931 Star Spangled Banner became the National Anthem
5th 1770 Boston Massacre prior to the Revolutionary War
8th 1965 First Marine Units land in Vietnam
16th 1802 U.S. Military Academy established
19th 2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom
26th 1963 The 173rd was activated at Okinawa, Japan
29th 1973 The last U.S. troops left Vietnam
6th 1917 America enters WWI
6th 1991 Iraq accepts cease fire – Persian Gulf War
6th Army Day
8th 1865 Lee surrenders – Civil War
10th 1942 Bataan Death March – WWII
11th 1783 Congress declares War end with Britain
11th 1991 Cease Fire takes effect – Gulf War
12th 1861 Attack on Fort Sumter started the Civil War
14th 1865 Lincoln was Assassinated
16th 1953 Battle of Pork Chop Hill – Korean War
18th 1942 Doolittle raid on Japan – WWII
18th 1865 Johnston surrenders ending fighting – Civil War
19th 1775 Start of the Revolutionary War
21st 1898 War with Spain
27th 1805 First U.S. Flag raised over foreign soil
28th 1945 Hitler committed suicide
29th 1975 Operation Frequent Wind – Vietnam War
30th 1975 Saigon falls – Vietnam
2nd 1975 U.S. Navy departs from Vietnamese waters
4th 1942 Battle of Coral Sea – WWII
4th 1994 Operation Restore Hope – Somalia
5th 1965 173rd 1st combat unit in Vietnam
5th 1945 Last Merchant ship sunk by U Boat
6th 1942 Battle of Coral Sea
*2nd Sunday Mother´s Day
7th 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania prior to WWI
7th 1945 Germany surrenders – WWII
8th 1945 VE Day (Victory in Europe)
10th 1969 Battle of Hamburger Hill – Vietnam War
12th 1846 U.S. declares war with Mexico
13th 1908 The Navy Nurse Corps established
**15th Peace Officers Memorial Day
*3rd Saturday Armed Forces Day
22nd National Maritime Day
23rd 1944 Breakout at Anzio
25th 1787 Constitutional Convention started
27th 2004 Dedication of WWII Memorial
30th 1838 Memorial Day was designated
**Last Monday Memorial Day observed (flag at half-staff till noon)
4th 1942 Battle of Midway – WWII
6th 1944 Operation Overlord, D Day – WWII
10th 1951 Battle for Punchbowl – Korean War
12th 1775 Merchant Marines established
12th 2000 173rd re-activated in Vicenza, Italy
12th 1948 Women Authorized in Marine Corps
*14th Flag Day
14th 1775 U.S. Army established
15th 1944 Landing at Saipan
3rd Sunday Fathers Day
17th 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill – Revolutionary War
18th 1812 War of 1812 with Great Britain
19th 1944 Marianas Turkey Shoot – WWII
24th 1948 Berlin Air Lift
**25th 1950 North Korea invades South Korea
25th 1995 Idea born for Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial
25th 2000 Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial Dedicated
26th 1918 Marines captured Belleau-Wood – WWI
2nd 1926 U.S. Army Air Corps established
*4th 1776 Independence Day
4th 1902 End of Philippines War
5th 1950 First U.S. ground action – Korean War
10th 1951 Korean peace talks begin
16th 1995 Start of S.E. MN Veterans Memorial committee
17th 1952 Battle at Old Baldy – Korean War
21st 1861 First battle at Bull Run – Civil War
24th 1944 Landing at Tinian
26th 1948 De-segregation of Armed Forces
**27th 1953 Korean Armistice signed
28th 1914 Austria-Hungary declares War on Serbia starting WWI
1st Air Force Day
2nd 1990 Iraq invades Kuwait – Persian Gulf War
3rd 1914 Germany declares war on France – WWI
4th 1790 U.S. Coast Guard established
4th 1950 Established Pusan perimeter – Korean War
4th 1914 Germany invades Belgium – WWI
4th 1814 British invade Washington, DC
6th 1945 Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima Japan – WWII
7th 1942 Battle at Guadalcanal – WWII
7th 1990 Desert Shield – Persian Gulf War
8th 1934 President presents plaque to Brothers Mayo in Rochester
8th 1945 Soviet Union declares war on Japan – WWII
8th Wounded Warrior Day (Purple Heart)
9th 1945 Atom bomb dropped on Nagasaki Japan – WWII
10th 1964 Tonkin Resolution signed starting point of Vietnam War
14th National Navaho Code Talkers Day
14th 1945 Japan announces surrender – WWII
18th 1951 Battle of Bloody Ridge – Korean War
18th 1965 Operation Starlight – Vietnam War
25th 1944 Paris Liberated
26th 1865 Civil War ends
1st 1939 WWII Started
2nd 1945 Japan signs surrender – WWII
3rd 1783 Treaty of Paris – Revolutionary War
7th 1943 Allies land at Salerno
11th 1943 Italian Navy surrenders – WWII
**11th 2001 World Trade Center Attack
13th 1951 Battle of Heartbreak Ridge – Korean War
14th 1814 Francis Scott Key writes Star Spangled Banner
15th 1950 Inchon landing – Korean War
16th 1950 Pusan perimeter breakout – Korean War
16th 1919 American Legion incorporated by Congress
16th 1940 First Peacetime Draft
*3rd Friday POW/MIA Day
*17th 1787 U.S. Constitution approved
17thCitizenship Day
17th 1862 Battle of Antietam – Civil War
18th 1947 U.S. Air Force established
20th 1951 First combat helicopter landing in history – Korean War
26th 1918 Meuse-Argonne offensive – WWI
29th 1899 VFW established
Last Sundday American Gold Star Mother´s Day
9th 1950 Invasion of North Korea by U.S. forces
*2nd Monday Columbus Day observed
13th 1775 U.S. Navy established
16th 1950 China enters North Korea – Korean War
19th 1781 British surrender at Yorktown
20th 1944 MacArthur returns to Philippines
23rd 1983 Over 200 Marines were killed at Lebanon
24th UN Day
25th 1950 First land battle with Chinese – Korean War
25th 1983 U.S. forces evacuate U.S. citizens from Grenada
*27th NAVY DAY
First Tuesdayafter First Monday Election Day
3rd 1967 Battle of Dak To
8th 1950 First all jet air combat – Korean War
8th 1942 Allied invasion of North Africa
10th 1775 Marine Corps was established
*11th Veterans Day
11th 1918 was Armistice Day ending WWI
12th 1942 The Battle of Guadelcanal – WWII
13th 1942 Five Sullivan brothers killed – WWII
19th 1967 Battle of Hill 875 – Vietnam War
19th 1863 Gettysburg Address
20th 1943 Battle of Tarawa
*4th Thursday Thanksgiving Day
22nd 1963 President Kennedy assassinated
27th 1950 First major battle with the Chinese Chosin Reservoir – Korean War
8th 1941 U.S. declares War on Japan – WWII
10th 1898 Treaty of Paris – Spanish American War
16th 1865 the 13th Amendment was ratified abolishing slavery
16th 1773 Boston Tea Party prior to the Revolutionary War
16th 1944 the Battle of the Bulge – WWII
17th 1989 Operation Just Cause, Panama
20th 1860 South Carolina is the first State to secede from the Union
24th 1814 Signing Peace of Ghent War of 1812
24th 1950 Hungnan evacuation – Korean War
*25th Christmas Day
26th 1776 Battle of Trenton
31st 1946 Designated as the official end of WWII
