Jewett VFW Post 3542

08/16/2026

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1954 – Operation Passage to Freedom begins. The operation transports refugees from Haiphong to Saigon, Vietnam.

08/15/2026

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1895 – Commissioning of U.S.S. Texas, the first American steel-hulled battleship.

08/14/2026

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1990 – Advance elements of the 1st MEF and 7th MEB arrived in Saudi Arabia, joining other U.N. forces against possible Iraqi aggression.

08/13/2026

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1918 – Opha M. Johnson enlisted at HQMC, becoming the first woman Marine.

08/12/2026

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1898 – The brief Spanish-American War comes to an end when Spain formally agrees to a peace protocol on U.S. terms: the cession of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Manila in the Philippines to the United States pending a final peace treaty.

08/11/2026

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1909 – The SOS distress signal was first used by an American ship, the Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, N.C.

08/09/2026

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1921 – Congress creates the Veterans Bureau to administer assistance to World War I veterans. It quickly devolves into corruption, and is abolished nine years later under a cloud of scandal.

08/08/2026

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1945 – The survivors of the USS Indianapolis are rescued. Only 316 of the 1196 men onboard the ship have survived.

08/07/2026

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1942 – Landings at Tulagi and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands commenced.

08/06/2026