World War II Archives – Page 29 of 61

June 14 in U.S. military history

1775: Following the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Second Continental Congress establishes the Continental Army. Ten rifle companies are

1777: Marquis de Lafayette lands in South Carolina, having crossed the Atlantic on a ship that the 19-year-old French officer

1775: British Gen. Thomas Gage declares that the city of Boston is under martial law until the colonists repay for

1871: Rear Adm. John Rodgers’ Asiatic Squadron lands 650 sailors and Marines on the Korean Peninsula. The force storms the

1772: In what is considered to be the first naval engagement of the American Revolution, colonists led by Abraham Whipple