October 30 in U.S. military history
1918: Famous World War I flying ace Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker shoots down his 26th – and final – enemy aircraft
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Author: Chris Carter
October 27 in U.S. military history
1864: In a daring nighttime commando raid, Lt. William B. Cushing, piloting a torpedo-armed steam launch, slips past a Confederate
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October 26 in U.S. military history
1909: U.S. Army Lt. (future brig. gen.) Frederick Erastus Humphreys becomes the first Army aviator to solo in a heavier-than-air
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October 25 in U.S. military history
1812: The frigate USS United States under the command of Capt. (future commodore) Stephen Decatur — hero of Tripoli and
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October 24 in U.S. military history
1742: After disease and poor management leads to the deaths of all but 600 of the 3,500-man 61st Regiment of
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