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That same day, Mexican President Anastasio Bustamante, in his inaugural address, pledges to reorganize his military to "preserve the rights of the nation," which includes the reconquest of Texas. After the capture of the Independence , the Mexican seamen found a long lost 8-pounder gun, which had been captured by the Texans at the Battle of San ...
Naval Advisor, War Production Board Office, Baltimore, Maryland; Naval Advisor to Contract Distribution, Branch Office, War Production Board. Little Rock, Arkansas; Naval Advisor to Division of Contract Distribution, War Production Board, Birmingham, Alabama
On January 2, 1933, the Army closed the post, and reactivated it in 1935 as the home base of the 77th Field Artillery. During World War II, the post was expanded and used as an air base, a base for a Women's Army Corps unit, a training facility for chemical mortar battalions, and a base for troops guarding the U.S.-Mexican border.
The major battle of Operation Market Garden; Allies reach but fail to cross the Rhine; British First Airborne Division destroyed. • Battle of Peleliu: A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific. • Battle of Aachen: Aachen was the first major German city to face invasion during World War II. • Battle of the ...
USS Brazos (AO-4) was an Kanawha-class fleet oiler built during World War I for service in the United States Navy, and named for the Brazos River, the longest river in the State of Texas. Brazos was laid down at the Boston Navy Yard; launched 1 May 1919; sponsored by Miss Catherine Rush; and commissioned 1 October 1919.
Longest military campaign of World War II; U.S. involvement began before the formal U.S. declaration of war on Germany; Attempted blockade of the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union through attacks on merchant shipping and Allied naval ships bringing supplies and military reinforcement from North America
With the end of World War II (WWII), the base was inactivated. The installation became Bryan Air Force Base upon the establishment of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) as a separate service in September 1947. [2] Following WWII, enrollment at the nearby Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (later renamed Texas A&M University) soared due to the ...
Naval Base Trinidad was a US Naval Advance Base built to protect the shipping lanes to and from the Panama Canal from U-boat attacks, by sea and air. The base did fueling, loading and unloading of cargo ships. The base also became a repair depot, with auxiliary floating drydocks that were able to repair boats and ships in the field. Naval Base ...