Memorial Day honors the Heroes of America who sacrificed their lives for the Nation's freedom. Its time to remember them, and send Memorial Day greeting cards to a patriotic friend/family member/your Near & Dear ones. You can also wish someone whose family member/friend/loved one is serving the Nation.

Landmarks Of US Military History

1946 First session of the United Nations held
1947 Chuck Yeager, flying the rocket-powered Bell x-1 airplane, was the first human to break the sound barrier
The Department of the Army was established by the National Security Act of 1947. It was previously known as The War Department
The Air Force separated from the Army
1949 Department of Defense was created
1950 Korean War begins
The Uniform Code of Military Justice was enacted
1953 Korean Armistice signed
1954 The Nautilus, the first atomic-powered submarine, launched
1955 U.S. Air Force Academy established
President Eisenhower signed the Code of Conduct
1956 The Army flag was dedicated. Also the 181st Anniversary of the U.S. Army
1961 Invasion of Cuba by 1600 rebels, supported by U.S. government, is crushed by Cuban Army at Bay of Pigs
1962 President Kennedy announces air and naval quarantine of Cuba in response to the Soviet Union's installation of missile bases there
1964 U.S. Navy destroyers report attack by North Vietnamese gunboats in the Gulf of Tonkin; In retaliation, U.S. aircraft bomb four military bases
1966 The position of Sergeant Major of the Army was established
1968 North Vietnamese launch Tet offensive in South Vietnam
The American spy ship 'USS Pueblo' was captured by the North Korean Forces
1973 Official signing of the peace agreement ending the Vietnam War
1983 The Grenada Operation commenced
1991 The Persian Gulf War
1992 United States and Russia sign a treaty officially ending the Cold War
1996 After years of denials, the Pentagon acknowledged that more than 20,000 American troops may have been exposed to a cloud of sarin, a deadly nerve gas, after American soldiers blew up an enormous ammunition depot in southern Iraq a few days after the war, in March 1991
1997 The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) released evidence suggesting that the poison gas had spread further than believed, with trace amounts possibly reaching hundreds of thousands of soldiers
America dedicates memorial to its service women
2001 Attacks begin on United States. Also known as 9-11
Operation Noble Eagle begins
Operation Enduring Freedom begins
2002 Joint Task Force Guantanamo begins
2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom begins

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