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10 July 10, 1940 (Wednesday ... and Italian internees and prisoners of war when she was torpedoed and sunk west ... Corpus Christi, Texas; Tom Farmer ...
2nd Regiment Texas Mounted Rifles 1st Regiment Texas Rifles 11th Mounted Company of Spies John C. Hays. George T. Wood. Albert Sidney Johnston. Benjamin McCulloch. Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Victory [105] January–July 1847 Taos Revolt: Texas Militia Unknown Victory [105] February 1847 Battle of Buena Vista: 1st Regiment Texas Rifles
9 July: A fairly indecisive naval skirmish happens off the coast of Italy. No ships are lost. 10 July The Battle of Britain begins with Luftwaffe raids on channel shipping. President Roosevelt asks Congress for huge increases in military preparations. 11 July: RAF raids on enemy emplacements in the Netherlands and on German munitions factories.
1940s establishments in Texas (10 C, 6 P) 0–9. 1940 in Texas (4 C, ... List of people executed in Texas, 1940–1949; W. Texas World War II Army airfields
In September 1940, ... In July, the Department of War assigned the 10th Mountain to the Pacific theater; ... Texas National Guard. By early summer 2000, all 10th ...
In 1987, 4–41st Infantry returned to Fort Hood, Texas and was replaced by 3–66th Armor (Burt's Knights, named for Captain James M. Burt who was awarded the Medal of Honor as a company commander in the 66th Armored Regiment in the Battle of Aachen during World War II). Now an armor-heavy brigade, 2nd Armored Division (Forward) fielded 116 M ...
July 1 – Ben Turpin, comic silent film actor (born 1869) July 15 – Robert Wadlow, tallest man ever (born 1918) July 30 – Spencer S. Wood, U.S. Navy rear admiral (born 1861) August 5 – Frederick Cook, explorer (born 1865) August 8 – Johnny Dodds, jazz clarinetist (born 1892) August 18 – Walter Chrysler, automobile pioneer (born 1875)
The War Department had authorized a General Headquarters, United States Army (GHQ) in 1921, but it was not activated until July 26, 1940. Its purpose was to facilitate mobilization by overseeing the organization and training of the Army's field forces on the American mainland (Zone of Interior).